Notice of Lecture by Foreign Experts (JOHN BARTLETT)
Lecturer: JOHN BARTLETT, General Manager of Global Maritime Training, Chief National Senior Ship Inspector, Lloyd's Register, Member of the National Register of Ship Inspectors, National Maritime Engineering Association, and Editor-in-Chief of the Lloyd's Register of Ship Inspectors training textbook.
Lecture Topic: English in Marine Business
Time: October 22, 2019 (Tuesday) 2:30 pm
Location: Room 108, School of Foreign Languages
Lecture Introduction:
The lecture English in Marine Business gives a general overview of the different stakeholders in the marine industry and explores how English graduates can best leverage their careers in this international environment.
Notice of Lecture by Foreign Experts (Luo Yongxian)
Lecturer: Luo Yongxian
Lecture Topic: Language Typology and Translation: Reflections of a Translator
Time: October 23, 2019 (Wednesday) 2:30 pm
Location: Room 108, School of Foreign Languages
Lecturer Profile: Professor Yongxian Luo received his Ph.D. in Historical Comparative Linguistics, Southeast Asian Linguistics, and Linguistic Typology from the Australian National School. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is a Ph.D. candidate in linguistics and translation. He is an invited reviewer for several international academic journals and international academic publishers, an invited reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF), a reviewer for the Hong Kong Research Foundation; and an invited reviewer for the Ministry of Education (linguistics discipline).
Lecture Introduction： The talk discusses the relevance of linguistic typology to translation, with reflections from a translation practitioner. Issues to be discussed include the nature of translation, indeterminacy of translation, discourse structure, lexical-semantic, and how linguistic typology may contribute to translation studies.
