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  • Dr SHAO Lu (PhD, MA, BA)

    • Daily Used Post Title

      Postdoctoral Fellow

    • Areas of Scholarship

      Translation Studies, Narratology and the Stylistics of Fiction, Fuzzy Language in Literature and Translation, Contrastive Study of Chinese and English Language-Cultures

    • Education

      2008 PhD in Translation Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
      2005 MA in English Language and Literature, Sichuan International Studies University
      2002 BA in English Language Education, Sichuan International Studies University

    • Work Experience

      2009- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
      2009- Associate Executive Editor, Translation Quarterly
      2008- Associate Professor, Department of English, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
      2008-2009 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Translation Programme, Department of English Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University

    • Teaching

      • Practical Translation C-E (for English Majors)
      • Advanced Comprehensive English (for English Majors)
      • Advanced English Listening Comprehension (for English Majors)
      • College English for CET-6

    • Research Output (Selected)

      • SHAO, Lu. “Towards a fuzzy logic-based approach to translation”. Translation Quarterly. 2008. No. 48. 54-81.
      • SHAO, Lu. “Information entropy and the measurement of fuzzy language in literary translation”. Journal of Sichuan International Studies University. 2008. No. 4. 108-113.
      • SHAO, Lu. “Further reflections on fuzzy features of language in translation”. Shanghai Journal of Translators. 2008. No. 3. 10-15.
      • SHAO, Lu. “A study of the law of fuzziness in translation”. Journal of Foreign Languages. 2008. No. 3. 10-15.
      • SHAO, Lu. “The gains and losses of fuzzy language in inter-cultural communication - A case study of The Da Vinci Code and its two Chinese versions”. Foreign Literature Studies. A&HCI journal. 2007. No. 4. 97-104.
      • SHAO, Lu. “The fuzziness of language: As viewed from the perspective of translation studies”. Foreign Languages in China. 2007. No. 3. 72-76.
      • SHAO, Lu. “Translation studies: Towards a constructivist methodology”. Translation Quarterly. 2007. No. 46. 20-43.
      • Tan, Zaixi, and SHAO, Lu. “Translation and the relativity of cultural identities”. Neohelicon: Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum. Budapest, Hungary: Springer. A&HCI journal. 2007. 34: 1. 197-216.
      • SHAO, Lu. “The cognitive dimensions of fuzzy language and translation”. Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. 2007. No. 1. 10-13, 57.
      • SHAO, Lu. “Reflections on Changing the Terms: Translating in the Postcolonial Era”. Foreign Languages and Their Teaching. 2006. No. 12. 62-64.

    • Hobbies and Interests

      • Jogging, swimming, reading, films