Book

• Yu, C. (2022) Online Collaborative Translation in China and Beyond: Community, Practice, and Identity. Routledge. [Reviewed in 4 journals – New Media & Society, The Journal of Specialised Translation, Babel, and International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting]

Journal articles and book chapters and sections

• Yu, Chuan (In press) “Online Collaborative Translation in the Platform Society”, in The Routledge Handbook of Translation Technology and Society, edited by Stefan Baumgarten and Michael Tieber. London, Routledge.

• Yu, C. and M. Marin-Larcata. (2024) “Ethnographic Approaches in Translation and Migration Studies”, in The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Migration, edited by Brigid Maher, Loredana Polezzi, and Rita Wilson. London: Routledge, 418-434.

• Marin-Larcata, M. and C. Yu. (2023) ‘Ethnographic Approaches in Translation and Interpreting Studies’, The Translator, 29(2): 147-156. (JSR Q1)

• Yu, C. (2020) ‘Insider, Outsider, or Multiplex Persona? Confessions of a Digital Ethnographer’s Journey in Translation Studies’, Journal of Specialised Translation, 34: 9-31. (JSR Q1)

• Yu, C. (2020) ‘Ethnography’, in Mona Baker and Gabriela Saldanha (eds) Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies, Third Edition. London and New York: Routledge, 167-171. 

• Yu, C. (2020) ‘Community of Practice’ in ‘Chapter 4 Drawing on Experience’ of Douglas Robinson (2020) Becoming a Translator: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation, Fourth Edition, Routledge, 76-77.

• Yu, C. (2020) ‘Entering a Social Network’ in ‘Chapter 9 Working and Understanding Through Social Networks’ of Douglas Robinson (2020) Becoming a Translator: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation, Fourth Edition, Routledge, 197-198.

• Yu, C. (2020) ‘Ethnography (Communities of Practice: Rules and Theories)’ in ‘Chapter 9 Working and Understanding Through Social Networks’ of Douglas Robinson (2020) Becoming a Translator: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation, Fourth Edition, Routledge, 205-206.

• Yu, C. (2019) ‘Negotiating Identity Roles During the Process of Online Collaborative Translation: An Ethnographic Approach’, Translation Studies, 12(2): 231-252. (JSR Q1)

• Yu, C. (2017) ‘Translating Political Journalism Articles in Online Translation Platforms’, Teaching and Researching Translation Volume 2, Chongqing, China: Chongqing Publishing Group, 15-27.

Book reviews

• Yu, C. (2024) ‘Translaboration in Analogue and Digital Practice. Labour, Power, Ethics’, edited by Cornelia Zwischenberger and Alexa Alfer. TTR Traduction, terminologie, redaction 37(1): 286-291.

• Yu, C. (2018) ‘Collaborative Translation: From the Renaissance to the Digital Age’, edited by Anthony Cordingley and Céline Frigau Manning. Journal of Translation Studies 2(1): 188-191. 

Research briefs

• Véliz-Ojeda, E., C. Yu, and R. Wilson (2020) ‘The Role of Language Technologies and Government Policies to Facilitate and Support Effective Multicultural and Multilingual Crisis Communication’. Monash Intercultural Lab. Doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12026.11201. 
• Yu, C. (2016) ‘Online Translation Communities in Chinese Cyberspace’, CPI Analysis: The Online Journal of the China Policy Institute. Available at: https://theasiadialogue.com/2016/05/23/online-translation-communities-in-chinese-cyberspace/ (Asia Dialogue since June 2018). 

Others

• Yu, C. (2017) Abstract of PhD thesis – ‘Collaborative Translation in Online Communities of Practice: An Ethnographic Study of Yeeyan’, New Voices in Translation Studies 16(2017). 
• Yu, C. and M. Youngblood (2017) ‘Ethnographic Kit’. Research output of ‘Urban Ethnography Summer School’ at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 
• Yu, C. (2010) ‘On Chinese-English Translation of the Subtitles of Chinese Kungfu Movies and TV Dramas from the Perspective of Skopos Theory’, Journal of Chongqing College of Electronic Engineering 19(5): 54-57.  
• Yu, C. (2008) ‘Translating Chinese Four-Character Phrases and Structures in Museum Texts’, China Electric Power Education (2): 195-196. 
• Yu, C. (2007) ‘The Translation of Chinese Tourist Texts: A Cross- Cultural Perspective’, Journal of Chongqing Electric Power College, 12(4): 75-78.

Keynotes

• Yu, C. (Jun. 27-28, 2025) ‘Social Impact in Translator Education: Experiences from Hong Kong’. 1^st EATPA Symposium on East Asian Translation Pedagogy, University of Leeds, Leeds, the UK.

• Yu, C. (Jun. 8, 2023) ‘Ethnographic Research in Translation and Interpreting Studies’. Young Researchers Forum 2023: Crossroads – Methodological Choices in Linguistics and Translation Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.

Other invited presentations

• Yu, C. and T. Bartindale. (May 2025) ‘Researching Minority and Marginalised Populations: An Ethnographic Action Research Approach’. Invited pre-conference workshop at The 11^th TransMedia Conference – Media for All: Breaking Barriers: Media Localisastion in the Age of Global Platforms, 28-30 May 2025, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.

• Yu, C. (Jun. 26, 2024) ‘Undertaking Community-Oriented Translation Studies Research: Concepts, Methods, and Challenges’. Invited featured speech at the International Conference Shaping the Future of Translation and Interpreting Studies in a Context of Technological, Cultural and Social Changes, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 14-16 June 2024, Hong Kong SAR.

• Yu, C. (Apr. 15, 2024) ‘Challenging the Perceived Knowledge: How Has Collaborative Translation Expanded the Understanding of Translation?’. Invited research seminar for Lingnan Translation Seminar Series, Department of Translation, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR.
• Yu, C. (Mar. 4, 2024) “Investigating the Role of Communities and NGOs in Supporting Sustainable Crisis Translation in Hong Kong: A Participant-Oriented Project”. Invited research seminar offered to DigiTran Research Group, Department of Arts and Humanities, Open University of Catalonia, Spain (delivered via Zoom).
• Yu, C. (Nov. 25, 2020) ‘How to Conduct Digital Ethnography in Humanities and Social Sciences Research Projects’. Invited research seminar given at the School of Media and Communication, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
• Yu, C. (Mar. 1, 2018) ‘(Digital) Ethnography and/in Translation Research’. Invited seminar given at the Centre for Translation, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. Video recording available at http://hkbutube.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/st/display.php?bibno=st837.
• Yu, C. (Sept. 15, 2016) ‘The Ethics of Cyber-Ethnography: Researching Citizen Media in China’. Invited presentation given at the interdisciplinary workshop of Researching Citizen Media: Methods and Ethics, September 15-16, 2016, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Abstract available at http://citizenmediaseries.org/series-events/researching-citizen-mediaworkshop/researching-citizen-media-workshop-abstracts/.
• Yu, C. (Dec. 7, 2015) ‘The Translation Crowd: A Digital Turn in Translation Studies’. Invited research seminar offered to Master’s programme students in the College of Interpretation and Translation at Sichuan International Studies University, Chongqing, China.

Conferences

• Yu, C. and T. Bartindale (Jun. 30 – Jul. 3, 2025) ‘Investigating (Non-)Professionalism in Human-Computer Collaborative Translation’, The 11th European Society for Translation Studies Congress 2025, June 30 – July 3, 2025, University of Leeds, Leeds, the UK.

• Yu, C. (Dec. 6, 2024) ‘A Unitary Theory-Methods-Practice Package: Ethnographic Action Research in Communities of Translation Practice’, Theory in Practice, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, December 6-7, 2024. http://tp.tra.cuhk.edu.hk

• Yu, C. and E. Birman (Jun. 27, 2024) ‘Developing a Community of Practice Through Collaborative Translation: Minority Languages in Translation Technology Teaching in Hong Kong’, The 5th East Asian Translation Studies Conference, June 26-28, 2024, Brisbane, Australia. https://languages-cultures.uq.edu.au/event/9941/5th-east-asian-translation-studies-conference-eats5

• Wang, D. and C. Yu (Apr. 7, 2024) ‘Exploring the Social Construction of Digital Personae of Content Creators on Video-Streaming Platforms’, 2024 American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association Biennial Conference – Trajectories of Translation and Interpreting Studies: Between the Digital and the Post National, Rutgers University, New Jersey, the US, April 5-7, 2024. https://atisa.org
• Yu, C. and Wang D. (Apr. 6, 2024) ‘Panel – Translation in a Platform Society’, 2024 American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association Biennial Conference – Trajectories of Translation and Interpreting Studies: Between the Digital and the Post National, Rutgers University, New Jersey, the US, April 5-7, 2024. https://atisa.org

• Yu, C. (May 19, 2023) ‘Empowering Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities in Crisis Communication in Hong Kong: An Ethnographic Approach’, New Technologies Research Academy, May 17-19 May 2023, National University of Singapore, Singapore. https://fass.nus.edu.sg/new-technologies-research-academy/

• Yu, C. (Feb. 18, 2022) ‘Ethical Dilemmas and Self-Reflexivity in Ethnographic Fieldwork’. Field Research on Translation and Interpreting, February 17-19, 2022, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. https://fireti.univie.ac.at/programme/

• Yu, C. (Sept. 2021) ‘Expanded or Limited? Online Collaborative Translation in the Ecology of the Chinese Internet’. 7^th IATIS Conference: The Cultural Ecology of Translation, September 14-17, 2021, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.

• Yu, C. (Jun. 2021) ‘Non-Professional Translators in Online Communities of Practice: Translators’ Identities and Knowledge Exchange’. 5^th International Conference on Non-Professional Interpreting and Translation: Bridging diverse worlds: Expanding Roles and Contexts of Non-Professional Interpreters and Translators, June 24-26, 2020, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

• Yu, C. (Jun. 4, 2019) ‘Creating a Shared History of Learning Through Online Collaborative Translation’. The Conférence Internationale Permanente d'Instituts Universitaires de Traducteurs et Interprètes (CIUTI), June 3-5, 2018, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

• Yu, C. (Dec.11, 2018) ‘Translation in the Digital Space: A Social Network Analysis’. A Space for Translation: Thresholds of Interpretation, December 10-12, 2019, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. 

• Yu, C. (Jul. 6, 2018) ‘Communities or Social Networks?  Theorizing Translators’ Congregations’. 6th IATIS Conference 2018, July 3-6, 2018, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR. https://www.iatis.org/index.php/6th-conference-hong-kong-2018.

• Yu, C. (Oct. 14, 2017) ‘Understanding Online Translation Communities as Communities of Practice: The Case of Yeeyan’. Researching Translation & Interpreting I: The Challenge and Promise of Interdisciplinarity, October 13-15, 2017, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Abstract available at https://www.jiaotongbakercentre.org/activities/conferences/researching-translation-interpreting-i/abstracts/#Chuan.

• Yu, C. (Apr. 7, 2016) ‘Why Do They Translate in Collaboration? An Ethnographic Study of Yeeyan’. ARTIS@HKBU2016 Researching Collaborative Translation, April 7-8, 2016, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR.

• Yu, C. and G. de Seta (Jul. 15, 2015) ‘Communities of Access? Crowdsourced Translation Groups on Chinese Participatory Media Platforms’. The 21^st International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies, July 15-18, 2015, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR.

• Yu, C. (Jun. 15, 2015) ‘Applying an Ethnographic Methodology to a Study of the Process of Crowdsourced Collaborative Translation’. ARTIS@UCL2015 Multidimensional Methodologies: Collaboration and Networking in Translation Research, June 15-16, 2015, University College London, London, U.K. (Recipient of Best Poster Award).

• Yu, C. (Jul. 14, 2014). ‘Translating Political Journalism Articles in Contemporary China: Intertextuality and Ideology’. The 5^th International Symposium for Young Researchers in Translation, Interpreting, Intercultural Studies and East Asian Studies, July 14, 2014, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

   

PROJECTS AND COMPETITIVE GRANTS

In the capacity of PI:

• Jan. 2024 – Dec. 2025: Investigating the Role of Communities and NGOs in Supporting Sustainable Crisis Translation in Hong Kong (ECS Scheme of the Research Grants Council, The University Grants Committee, Hong Kong SAR) || HK$350,400

• Sept. 2023 – Jan. 2024: Sports for Wellness Through Service-Learning: A Multilingual Social Media Campaign – cum – TRAN3035 Introduction to Translation Technology (Service-Learning Mini-Grants, Committee on Innovative Service-Learning, Hong Kong Baptist University) || HK$45,000

• Sept. 2021 – Oct. 2022: Voices from the Field: Multilingual and Multicultural Crisis Communication Through the Lens of Translation (Faculty of Arts Impact Fund, Hong Kong Baptist University) || HK$50,000

In the capacity of Co-I:

• 2024 – 2026: Developing an AI-Enhanced Storytelling Library for Marginalized Voices – Updated Review, Prototype Creation, and Prospective Influence (Initiation Grant for Faculty Niche Research Areas, Hong Kong Baptist University) || HK$ 696,320

• Sept. 2022 – Aug. 2024: Untold Hong Kong Stories: Multimedia Narratives from the Margins (Initiation Grant for Faculty Niche Research Areas, Hong Kong Baptist University) || HK$ 986,400

• Nov. 2021 – Oct. 2024: Digital Translations and the Production of Knowledge about China: Ethnography and Action Research (The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation) || HK$ 1,637,584

• As Co-Chief Investigator: 2020: Addressing Linguistic Discordance in Residential Aged Care: An Interaction-Based Study on Resources to Enable Communication Between Residents, Staff and Healthcare Professionals (Arts-MNHS (Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences) Interdisciplinary Scheme, Monash University) || HK$129,880

RESEARCH POSTGRADUATE FUNDING SCHEME(S)

In the capacity of Principal Supervisor:

• 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2027: Rethinking Multilingualism in the Subtitling of Polyglot
  Films: Identity and the Position of Languages || Funding scheme: Research Clusters Application for Three-year Research Postgraduate (RPg) Quota, Hong Kong Baptist University || Research clusters: Humanities and Cultures; and Creative Media Practice || HK$ 654,480

AWARDS

Courses taught (in Hong Kong SAR, Australia, USA and Mainland China)

At Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), Hong Kong SAR 

• TRAN2026 Contrastive Language Studies: English and Chinese (BA course) (2024 -)
• GEND3005 Gender, Culture, Society (BA course) (2023, co-teaching & co-coordination)
• TRA7570 Translation Technology II (MA course) (2023-, co-teaching)
• TRA7520 Translation Technology I (MA course) (2022-, co-teaching)
• TRA7510 Required readings (PhD course) (2022-, co-teaching)
• TRAN4898/4899 Honours Project (BA course) (2021-)
• TRAN4005 Theories and Philosophies I (BA course) (2021-) 
• TRAN3035 Introduction to Translation Technology (BA course) (2021-, co-/sole teaching)
• TRA7510 Essential Reading in Translation Studies (MA course) (2017, co-teaching) 
• TRAN1142 Practical Translation II (BA course) (2014-2015, co-teaching)

At Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (MA programme, multilingual, blended learning) 

• Translation Trends in a Digital Age, Monash Clayton Campus, VIC. (2018-2020, unit coordinator)
• Translation for Special Purposes (2018-2020)
• Major Translation Project Part 1 Research Methods (2018-2020, co-teaching and unit coordinator)
• Major Translation Project Part 2 (2018-2020)
• Global Translation and Interpreting Professional Practices (2019, unit coordinator)
• Applied Translation (2019-2020)
• Translation Trends in a Digital Age, Monash-Southeast University Joint Postgraduate Programme, Suzhou, China (2020, unit coordinator)

At The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 

• Writing Skills and Translation (BA course) (2017-2018)  

At Global Village Academies, Colorado, USA

• Immersion Chinese (2011-2013)

At Chongqing College of Electronic Engineering, Chongqing, China 

• College English (2009-2011)
• Business English (2011-2011)
• Public Speaking Skills (2009-2011)
• Spoken English (2009-2011)

• Associate Editor of Interpreting and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal (SAGE) (since Sept. 2021)
• Special issue editor (with Maialen Marin-Lacarta) of the special issue “Ethnographic Approaches to Translation and Interpreting Studies” for the journal The Translator (Taylor & Francis) (2021-2023)