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Personal profile
Personal profile
Siyu CHEN is Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting at the Department of Literary and Translation Studies. She is an experienced bi-lateral and conference interpreting trainer in the higher education context and served as a lead interpreter for governments, international organisations, NGOs and leading multi-national commercial institutions for a decade. Her interpreting service clients include but not limited to: Ministry of Commerce in China, British Embassy Beijing, Richard Ivey School of Business, Tencent, Disney Land, Hugo Boss, Unilever, among others.
Siyu obtained her MA in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Nottingham and her BA in Chinese Translation and English as an International Language from Monash University. Prior to joining XJTLU, she was the Teaching Lecturer of Interpreting courses for Master of Translation and Interpreting students at SEU-Monash Joint Graduate School.
Research interests
Interpreting Teaching and Practice, Pedagogical Research, Computer-Aided Interpreting
Experience
- Teaching Lecturer, Translation and Interpreting, SEU-Monash Joint Graduate School, 2016-2021
- Customer Success Manager, OpenSpace, 2021-2022
- Interpreting Consultant and Practitioner of game projects for companies including Ubisoft, Blizzard, 2K, Tencent, EA etc.
- Teaching Lecturer, Translation and Interpreting, XJTLU, 2022-present
Teaching
TRI104, TRI202, TRI205, TRI303, TRI305
Awards and honours
Leading Consultant and Supervisor of all major interpreting contests in which students won multiple grand prizes including:
- 2017 China Interpreting Contest, National Final, First Prize
- 2017 Cross-Strait Interpreting Contest, Grand Prize
- 2017 Cross-Strait Interpreting Contest, Jiangsu Provincial Division, First Prize
- 2018 China Interpreting Contest, National Final, Second Prize
- 2018 China Interpreting Contest, Jiangsu Provincial Division, Grand Prize
- 2018 China Interpreting Contest, Eastern China Division, Second Prize
- 2019 China Interpreting Contest, Jiangsu Provincial Division, Grand Prize
Education/Academic qualification
BA, Monash University, 2013
MA, University of Nottingham, 2014
Person Types
- Staff
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Multimodal Cognitive Computational Mechanism Study on Machine Interpreting
Zhang, X., Chen, S., Du, S., Xiao, Y. & Zhang, J.
1/07/24 → 30/06/26
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Collaborative Translation and Research Project between LTS and EQA at XJTLU
20/05/24 → 1/11/24
Project: Internal Research Project
Research output
- 1 Chapter
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Design Research of Civic-Commercial Space: Reshaping Commercial Space of Melbourne Southern Cross Railway Station
Chen, S., Cao, Y., Han, Y., Mah, D. & Villoria, L. A., 1 Jan 2024, Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization. Taylor and Francis, p. 180-193 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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SISU Simultaneous Interpreting Contest
Siyu Chen (Member of programme committee)
1 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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Navigating Translation and Interpreting Project Management as a Freelancer
Siyu Chen (Speaker)
17 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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2024 XJTLU Interpreting Contest
Wan Hu (Chair), Beibei Tang (Chair), Siyu Chen (Organiser), Zhiwei Han (Organiser) & Henghua Su (Organiser)
16 Mar 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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2024 XJTLU Interpreting Contest
Siyu Chen (Organiser)
16 Mar 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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Translation/Interpreting as a Career
Siyu Chen (Invited speaker)
23 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar