Zhang Wei, Professor of English at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU). His research interests include translation studies, systemic functional linguistics, and English teaching. TITLE/POSITION: Professor
EMAIL: zhangwei030507@bfsu.edu.cn
DEGREES • PhD, translation, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2007 • MA, translation, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 1998 • BA, English, Hebei University, 1994
ACADEMIC POSITIONS • 1998, 07 – 2004,07: lecturer, Shijiazhuang Posts and Telecommunications Technical College. • 2007, 07 – 2010, 10: associate professor, Beijing Language and Culture University • 2010, 10 – 2015, 12: professor, Beijing Language and Culture University • 2015, 12 till now: professor, Beijing Foreign Studies University
TEACHING • Academic Writing in English (Translation Studies) • Guided Reading in Translation Studies • Methodology in Translation Studies
RESEARCH INTERESTS • Corpus-based translation studies • Translation and International Communication of Chinese Discourse • Systemic functional linguistics • English teaching
RESEARCH PROJECTS • Translation and Communication of Chinese Discourse in English-speaking World (1949-2019) (project number: 19ZDA338) funded by the National Social Science Fund of China (project leader) • Construction and Application of Large-scale Online Interpreting Corpus between Chinese and English (project number: 18AYY013) funded by the National Social Science Fund of China (project leader) • Development and Application of the Chinese Interpreting Learners’ Corpus (project number: 12BYY062) funded by the National Social Science Fund of China (project leader) • Development and Application of a Multilingual Bidirectional Cross-modal Translation Corpus (project number: 19YYB011) funded by Beijing Social Science Fund (project leader) • Working Memory Model of Simultaneous Interpreting (project number: 10YJC740134) funded by Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fund, Ministry of Education of China (project leader)
ACADEMIC SERVICES • President of Professional Committee of Discourse Translation and Communication, China Association for Comparative Studies of Language and Culture • Vice-President of Professional Committee of Corpus-based Translation Studies, China Association for Comparative Studies of English and Chinese • Vice-President of International Association for Hallidayan Linguistics
SCHOLARLY WORKS • His research findings have been published in well-established academic journals in China (CSSCI, China Social Science Citation Index) and other countries (SSCI, A&HCI). He has authored the following books: Cognitive Research into Interpreting: Relationship between Simultaneous Interpreting and Working Memory (2011), Contrastive Analysis and Application of Translation Strategies between Chinese and English (2011), Construction and Research of Interpreting Corpus: Theories, Methodology and Practice (2013), and Corpus-based Interpreting Studies (2019).
AWARDS & HONOURS • 2007: Excellent Doctoral Dissertation in Beijing Foreign Studies University • 2008: Excellent Doctoral Dissertation in Beijing • 2009: Excellent Doctoral Dissertation in China • 2010: "New Century Excellent Talent Support Program" （Ministry of Education of China） • 2012: First prize for Teaching Achievement at Higher Education in Beijing City • 2020: Special Academic Contribution at Beijing Foreign Studies University • 2021: Excellent Teacher at Beijing Foreign Studies University • 2021: Excellent Academic leader at Beijing Foreign Studies University • 2022: First prize for Teaching Achievement at Higher Education in Beijing City • 2022: Excellent Contribution in Post Graduate Education at Beijing Foreign Studies University • 2023: Second Prized for Teaching Achievement at Higher Education in China • 2023: Academic Writing in English (Translation Studies) recognized as National First-class Course for Undergraduate students in China • 2023: Understanding contemporary China: Chinese-English Translation recognized as High Quality Text Book in Beijing City • 2023: Special Academic Contribution at Beijing Foreign Studies University • 2024: Labor Award in Beijing City • 2025: Special Academic Contribution at Beijing Foreign Studies University • 2025: Top 1% high quoted researcher in China
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