Book

• Yu, C. (2022) Online Collaborative Translation in China and Beyond: Community, Practice, and Identity. Routledge. [Reviewed in 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 (Forthcoming) “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. (In press) “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.

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

• 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. 

• 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. 

• 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. (Forthcoming) ‘Translaboration in Analogue and Digital Practice. Labour, Power, Ethics’, edited by Cornelia Zwischenberger and Alexa Alfer. TTR Traduction, terminologie, redaction. 
• 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.

Invited Talks

• Yu, C. (Jun. 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. http://www.cbs.polyu.edu.hk/SFTIS2024/index.php
• 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. (Jun. 8, 2023) ‘Ethnographic Research in Translation and Interpreting Studies’. Invited guest lecture at Young Researchers Forum 2023: Crossroads – Methodological Choices in Linguistics and Translation Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
• Yu, C. (Feb. 27, 2023) ‘Online Collaborative Translation in China and Beyond: Community, Practice, and Identity’. HKBU TIIS Book Talk Series, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR. https://tiis.hkbu.edu.hk/en/events/talks_and_seminars/ & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYrdFneE81k (Discussants: Miguel Jiménez-Crespo, Robert Neather and Dingkun Wang).
• 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 E. Birman (Jun. 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, Brisbane, Australia, June 26-28, 2024. 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

• As 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
• As PI: Sept. 2023 – Jan. 2024: Sports for Wellness Through Service-Learning: A Multilingual Social Media Campaign – cum – TRAN3035 Introduction to Translation Technology (ServiceLearning Mini-Grants, Committee on Innovative Service-Learning, Hong Kong Baptist University) || HK$45,000. 
• As PI: 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$50,000
• As Co-I: Sept. 2022 – Aug. 2024: Untold Hong Kong Stories: Multimedia Narratives from the Margins (Initiation Grant for Faculty Niche Research Areas, Hong Kong Baptist University) || HK$ 986,400
• As Co-I: 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)

As PS (Principal Supervisor), I have secured the following funding for one of my PhD students.

• 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)