MORENO GARCÍA, Luis Damián | Academic Staff | Staff

Academic Staff

MORENO GARCÍA, Luis Damián

Assistant Professor

luismoreno@hkbu.edu.hk

(852) 3411 5929

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1046-8574

Profile

Assistant Professor, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies
Certified Sworn Translator by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (English-Spanish)
Certified DELE Examiner (Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera)
Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)
Member of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) and the European Society for Translation Studies (EST)

Education

Ph.D. of Arts in Translation Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University (2021)
Master’s Degree in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, The International University of La Rioja (2017)
Master’s Degree in Multimedia Translation, University of Vigo (2014)
Bachelor’s Degree in Translation and Interpreting (EN-ES), University of Alicante (2013)

Research Interests

Translation Technology
Software Localization
Audiovisual Translation
Amateur Translation

Teaching Areas

Translation Technologies
Software Localization
Audiovisual Translation
Chinese-Spanish Translation

Download/View CV

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Moreno García, L. D. (2023). Recontextualising Disassembled Texts: Exploring the Concept of the “Web of Texts” in Mobile Game “Blind” Localisation from Chinese into Foreign Languages. Babel, 70(1). https://doi.org/10.1075/babel.00372.mor

Moreno García, L. D. (2023). An exploration of Cdrama distribution networks in Spanish-speaking countries from the viewpoint of a Chinese-Spanish fansub. In Yan Haiping, Jin Haina, & Paul Gladston (Eds.), Translation Studies and China: Literature, Cinema and Visual Arts (pp: 152-169), Routledge.

Moreno García, L. D. (2023). Fan indirect subtitling of Cdramas by women in Latin America and the Caribbean: a tool for the promotion of autodidacticism, global citizenship, and cultural diversity appreciation. Translation Spaces (Netherland), Indirect Translation and Sustainable Development Special Issue, 12(2), 177-203.

Moreno García, L. D. (2020). Researching the motivation of Spanish to Chinese fansubbers: A case study on collaborative translation in China. Translation, Cognition & Behavior, 3(2), 165–187.

Moreno García, L.D. (2020). Review of Reception Studies and Audiovisual Translation (2018). Translation Horizons, 8, 128-137

Moreno García, L. D. "A preliminary examination of GPT-4’s capabilities for the localization of in-game humour." Conference on Translation Studies and Digital Humanities, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 2023.

Moreno García, L. D. "Exploring the potential of GPT technologies as transcreation assistants for video game localization: possible use cases for irrealia recreation, translation and adaptation." Translating the Humanities and Technologizing Translation: Translation Master Lectures cum International Conference on Translation, Culture and Technology, co-organised by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Translation Society, Hong Kong, June 2023.

Moreno García, L. D. "A Preliminary Exploration of the Perceptions of Chinese to Foreign Language Mobile Game Localizers: Processes, Trends and Areas of Improvement." Fun for All: 6th International Conference on Video Game Translation and Accessibility, Barcelona, Spain, February 2023.

Moreno García, L. D. "Chinese TV Drama Fan Translation in Spanish-Speaking Countries: A Netnographic Case Study of Amateur Subtitle Creation, Distribution and Reception." Chinese Cultures, Translation and Contemporaneity: Literature, Cinema, Performance, Visual Arts - A Three-Day Online Forum, co-organised by Tsinghua University and the University of New South Wales, May 2022.