Professor Ernest Wei Gao
Professor Ernest Wei Gao holds a PhD in Languages/Translation and Interpreting Studies from Heriot-Watt University. He once taught respectively at Lanzhou University of Technology, China, and °®Âþµº, UK. Currently he is chair in translation, interpreting and cognition, and dean of English College, Dalian University, China, and was appointed as external professor and PhD supervisor of °®Âþµº. Initially he acted as a professional translator and interpreter for a machine tool company for 5 years.
Research interests
- Translation and Interpreting Studies
- Cognition and Translation
- Translation Technology
- Applied Translation
- Chinese Studies
Taught courses
- Translation
- Interpreting
- Applied Translation
- Chinese Studies
- Research methodology
Primary publications
Books
- Coherence in Simultaneous Interpreting: an Idealized Cognitive Model perspective. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press 2015.
- Translation for Technical Texts. Shanghai Jiaotong University Press 2016.
- Translation for Business Texts. Shanghai Jiaotong University Press 2016.
- Translation Technology. Shanghai Jiaotong University Press 2017.
- An Introduction to Linguistics (co-author). Jiuzhou Publishing Press 2015.
Translated works
- How to read Paintings: A Crash Course in Meaning and Method. Liz Ridle. Bloomsbury 2013.
- Colored Pencil Techniques for Achieving Luminous Color & Ultra-realistic Effects, Painting Bible. Alynna Nickelsen. Waston-Gaptill Publications 2011.
Book chapters
- Coherence in Simultaneous Interpreting: An Embodiment-based Analysis, in Richard Xiao (ed.) Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies. 2/2010. 109-142 Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Translation for Machinery terminology: A Body-based Metaphorical approach. Funded by China Terminology Committee for Science and Technology 2021-2023.
- Interpreting Comprehension: An eye-tracking and ERP Analysis. funded by Humanity Social Science Research, Liaoning Provincial Government, China 2019-2022.
Primary papers published in recent years
Revisiting the Translation Teaching for English for Science and Technology: The Framework, Approach and Method. Technology Enhanced Foreign Language Education. 2020 (5):65-71.
Metaphorical Functions in Technical Discourse and its translation: Based on Brief History of Time and its Chinese version. Shanghai Journal of Translators. 2020 (3):29-33.
Intertextulality and Translation for Business Texts. Foreign Languages in China. 2018£¨2):82-89.
Relationships between Graphs and Texts in Technical Writings and their Representation in the Translated Text. Chinese Science and Technology Translators Journal. 2017£¨1):4-7.
Translating Machinery Engineering Terminology: A Body-based Metaphorical Approach. China Terminology. 2021£¨2):45-50.
The Technical English Paragraph and Translation: A Discourse Approach. Journal of Dalian University. 2016£¨5):66-71.
Description: Discourse Information in Technical Translation(First part). Journal of Dalian University. 2017£¨2):73-77.
Definition: Discourse Information in Technical Translation(Second part). Journal of Dalian University. 2017£¨4):116-120.
Classification: Discourse Information in Technical Translation. Journal of Dalian University. 2018£¨1):124-131.
Specific purpose-based Interpreting Training: A Functional and Cognitive Coherence Model Perspective. Forthcoming.
Current research projects
- Translation for Machinery terminology: A Body-based Metaphorical approach. Funded by China Terminology Committee for Science and Technology. 2021-2023.
- Interpreting Comprehension: An eye-tracking and ERP Analysis. funded by Humanity Social Science Research, Liaoning Provincial Government, China. 2019-2022.