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Dr. Xiaojun Zhang (张霄军) is an associate professor at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University (China) and an honorary associate at University of Liverpool (UK). He is the adjunct professor of Open University of Cyprus (Cyprus) and Northwestern Polytechnical University (China). He was an academic staff and researcher at high education institutes in China, Ireland and UK after he obtained his PhD degree in computational linguistics in 2008. He was a lecturer in translation and interpreting studies and a joint programme director at University of Stirling, UK, before he joined XJTLU as the subject leader in translation technology in 2018. He is the deputy chairman of Translation Technology Education Society affiliated to WITTA (World Interpreting and Translation Teaching Association) and member of professional conduct committee of Association of Computational Linguistics (ACL). he is the scientific members for the top conferences in natural language processing such as LREC, CWMT, CCL, EMNLP and AACL. He is the peer-reviewer for international and national journals. His research interesting covers translation technology, natural language processing and practical translation.
Research interests
Translation Technology
Natural Language Processing
Literary Translation
Practical Translation
Experience
2018.09 - present Associate Professor in Translation and Interpreting Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
2016.04 – 2018.09 Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Stirling, UK
2013.07 – 2016.04Postdoctoral Researcher in Machine Translation, ADAPT/CNGL Centre, School of Computing, Dublin City University, Ireland
2006.04 – 2013.07Head of Translation and Interpreting Studies Centre, School of Foreign Languages, Shaanxi Normal University, China
Teaching
12/2019- Coach of Chinese Team on International Olympiad of Linguistics (IOL)
08/2019 Tutor of Corpus Technology Applied in Translation, Guangzhou, China
07/2019 Tutor of Information Technology Applied in Electric Power Translation, Changsha, China
TRI201 Translation
TRI204 Technical Translation
TRI301 FYP in Translation
ENG305 FYP
ENG417 Translation and Technology
ENG203 Translation
ENG210 Technical Translation
LAN003 How Language Works
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Nanjing Normal University - 2008
Person Types
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Gerontolinguistics for Intelligent-Interaction Devices
Zhang, X., Wei, R., 黄立鹤, 陈欧, 郭小燕, 陈雷, 朱金波 & 冉沅忠
1/09/24 → 31/08/27
Project: Governmental Research Project
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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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Chinese Philosophical Concepts Extraction and Semantic Interpretation with Large Language Models
Zhang, X., Hu, W., 陶友兰, 韩林涛, 韩致玮, Zhou, J. & Jiao, H.
1/10/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Automatic Pre-editing for Machine Translation Based on Controlled Language.
1/10/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Explainability of Neural Machine Translation: A Survey.
Zhang, X., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Applying Technology to Language and Translation. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group LtdResearch output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Gradable ChatGPT Translation Evaluation
Jiao, H., Peng, B., Zong, L., Zhang, X. & Li, X., 2024, In: Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural - SEPLN. 72, p. 73-85 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interpreting Confucianism in Chinese Philosophical Context with Qualia Structure
Zhang, X. & Han, Z., 2024, In: Estudios de Traduccion. 14, p. 55-64Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multimodal and Interactive Subtitling: Automatic Translation for Danmu as a Whole-Chain.
Zhang, X., 2024, (Accepted/In press) The Danmu Subtitling and Media Participation in the Digital Age. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group LtdResearch output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Effectiveness of Language Localisation with Machine Translation in Mobile-assisted Language Learning.
Li, R. & Zhang, X., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of The XXIInd International CALL Research Conference (CALL 2024).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
Activities
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The Fourth Chinese Conference on Affective Computing
Xiaojun Zhang (Participant) & Jingshi Zhou (Participant)
19 Jul 2024 → 21 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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Enhancing News Summary Generation with LLMs through Event Pattern Evolution
Xiaojun Zhang (Speaker)
13 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Prioritising Prerequisites for Future Technical Translators
Xiaojun Zhang (Speaker)
25 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Duolingo or Bilingual? Efficiently Teaching English in the Superdiverse World
Xiaojun Zhang (Speaker)
14 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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How is it Going for Large Language Models?
Xiaojun Zhang (Speaker)
6 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk