Steering Committee

The EATPA network is steered by a committee of colleagues engaged in translation pedagogy of East Asian languages on different continents:

Dr. Martin WARD

Martin teaches Chinese and Japanese translation at the University of Leeds at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has particular research interests in advancing pedagogical methods for East Asian languages and supporting student employability. He founded the EATPA network in late 2020. Institutional page: Dr. Martin Ward

Dr. Christopher PAYNE
Christopher teaches at the University of Toronto in the English and Chinese Translation programme, Department of Language Studies. His research interests include contemporary sinophone literary production, literary translation and critical theory, as well as contemporary visual arts from across Asia. He joined the EATPA in early 2021. Institutional page: Dr. Christopher Payne

Dr CHOW Yean Fun

Yean Fun teaches at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. Her research interests include media translation, multimodality, Japanese, Chinese, and Cantonese translation. She joined the EATPA committee in May 2022. Institutional page: Dr CHOW Yean Fun

Dr Yu Kit CHEUNG

Yu Kit is Lecturer in Chinese Translation Studies at The University of Manchester. He has recently edited the Chinese translation of an academic volume on Translation Studies and published several academic articles on Confucianism, literary translation, and translation pedagogy. He is keen to share his thoughts with his readers on language and translation on his personal website Fans of Translation, where he publishes short articles on these two subjects on a regular basis. Institutional page: Institutional page: Dr Yu Kit CHEUNG