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Jia Zhang

Jia Zhang

PhD Candidate
Arts, Design & Architecture
School of Humanities & Languages

Email: jia.zhang2@unsw.edu.au

Supervisors: Stephen Doherty, Xiang Cheng

Jia Zhang holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Translation and a Master of Translation and Interpreting degree in English-Chinese Interpreting. He worked as a lecturer of Translation at Sun Yat-sen University from 2012 to 2018 and a lecturer of Applied Translation Studies at Beijing Normal University - Hong Kong Baptist University United International College from 2018 to 2022. Jia Zhang is a certified translator (Chinese into English & English into Chinese) accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI), and a level II interpreter and level II translator accredited by the China Accreditation Test for Translators and Interpreters (CATTI). He has over 15 years of professional experience in the language service industry. His research interests include translation technology, translator training and audiovisual translation, and his current research focuses on integrating machine translation into translator training.
Translation and interpreting studies
  • Qian, H., & Zhang, J. (2024). Intersemiotic narrative coherence in the English-subtitled Chinese costume drama: A SF-MDA approach. In L. Pan, X. Wu, T. Luo, & H. Qian (Eds.), Multimodality in Translation Studies: Digital media, Models, and Trends in China (pp. 81-102). Routledge.
  • Zhang, J. (2023). Exploring undergraduate translation students’ perceptions towards machine translation: A qualitative questionnaire survey. In Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit XIX Vol. 2: User Track (pp. 1-10).
  • Zhang, J., & Qian, H. (2023). The impact of machine translation on the translation quality of undergraduate translation students. In Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit XIX Vol. 2: User Track (pp. 99-108).
  • Wang, H., & Zhang, J. (2023). Subtitling as a communication practice: a cultural discourse analysis of song lyrics translation in “SINGER 2018”. In A. Almanna, & H. Juliane (Eds.), Translation Politicised and Politics Translated (pp. 207-228). Peter Lang. 
  • Zhang, J., & Qian, H. (2022). Technology infused learning: Developing information literacy in translator training. Innovative Teaching and Learning, 3 (2): 77-101. 
  • Qian, H., & Zhang, J. (2021). University image building via WeChat during the Covid-19 pandemic: A case study of a Chinese higher education institution. In S. Zhao, J. Wong, C. Lowe, E. Monaco, & J. Corbett (Eds.), COVID-19 Pandemic, Crisis Responses and the Changing World (pp. 359-380). Springer. 
  • Zhang, J. (2020). Application of multimodal transcription in the analysis and improvement of subtitling of English films. In Proceeding of the Third International Conference on Globalization: Challenges for Translators and Interpreter (pp. 106-118). American Academic Press.