Min-Hsiu Liao

Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences
Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Languages & Intercultural Studies
Assistant Professor, Research Centres and Themes, Intercultural Research Centre
Assistant Professor, Research Centres and Themes, Centre for Translating and Interpreting Studies in Scotland

Edinburgh
United Kingdom

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Research interests

My research interests mainly lie in three areas.

The role of translators in the written interaction. I have invesitgated how translators relay expert-lay interaction in the genre of popular science by focusing on the patterns of interactive linguistic features, such as hedges, deixis, conjunctions, personal pronouns. The research also further relates the translation strategies to how the genre, the translation of the genre, and the science translators are perceived in the society.
Interactive features in Chinese. I am conducting a diachronic study of how English or the translations from the English have influenced the interactive features in the Chinese popular science texts by following the development of the genre for four decades, with the focus on speech acts and politeness features in the Q&A column in Taiwanese science magazines.
Translation of cultural objects in the multimodal museum space. The research investigates how the translators interact with other participants in the museum communication, and argues the discursive power of translations in interpreting and shaping the value of cultural objects from a different perspective.

Biography

PhD in Translation Studies, Heriot-Watt University.

MAS in Interpreter Training, University of Geneva

MA in Applied Translation Studies, University of Leeds

BA in Foreign Literature and Languages, National Tsing-Hua University

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Research Output

11 Article
2 Chapter
1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Translating Multimodal Texts in Space: A Case Study of St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art

Liao, M-H., 21 Feb 2019, In : Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series – Themes in Translation Studies. 17, p. 84-98 15 p.

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Museums and Creative Industries: The Contribution of Translation Studies

Liao, M-H., 1 Jan 2018, In : The Journal of Specialised Translation. 29, p. 45-62 18 p.

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The “Second” Bride: The Retranslation of Romance Novels

Lee, Z-Y. & Liao, M-H., 2018, In : Babel. 64, 2, p. 186-204 19 p.

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Tourism Translation

Liao, M-H., Aug 2018, An Encyclopaedia of Practical Translation and Interpreting. Chan, S. (ed.). Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, p. 271-296 26 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)