Doctor Kenny Wang

Doctor Kenny Wang

Academic Program Advisor, Interpreting and Translation (Undergraduate and Postgraduate),
Languages, Linguistics, I&T, TESOL

Lecturer,
Languages, Linguistics, I&T, TESOL

Lecturer,
Languages, Linguistics, I&T, TESOL

Biography

Dr Kenny Wang is Lecturer and Academic Program Advisor (Interpreting & Translation) at the School of Humanities and Communication Arts.

Dr Wang holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics, a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours & University Medal) and a Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting & Translation) from the University of Western Sydney. Dr Wang has taught across a range of subjects in interpreting, translation, linguistics and research methodology, including NAATI Accreditation Studies, Legal Interpreting, Specialised Translation, Community Translation, Languages and Linguistics Research Methodology, Grammatical Concepts across Languages and Second Language Acquisition. His research interests include legal interpreting (interpreting in court and police settings), subtitling, the discourse-pragmatics interface in first and second language acquisition, second language processing and language practices on social media.

Dr Wang is a NAATI Certified Specialist Legal Interpreter (CSLI) in Mandarin and English, a NAATI Certified Translator (English <> Chinese). He has been working as a freelance interpreter at NSW courts since 2006, and he has served as an expert witness in tne supreme court in several Australian jurisdictions.

Dr Wang has subtitled programs of various genres for SBS TV, Australia's multicultural and multilingual broadcaster, since 2011.  Some of the programs for which he has subtitled in English include 16 episodes of History of China, A Bite of China I & II, Kungfu Motions, Tai Chi Zero, and SBS Mandarin News.

Dr Wang is also interested in comparing different English and Chinese Bible translations of all religious denominations. He has photo-reproduced and made available on the internet several antique translations of the Bible in Classical Chinese and in a number of Chinese dialects that are held at the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Wang.

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Western Sydney
  • BA University of Western Sydney
  • BA University of Western Sydney

Professional Memberships

  • AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators) (2015 - 2021)
  • Education Committee, AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators) (2019 - 2022)
  • Ethics and Professional Practice Committee, AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators) (2016)

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Languages, Linguistics, I&T, TESOL
  • Languages, Linguistics, I&T, TESOL
  • Languages, Linguistics, I&T, TESOL

Contact

Email: K.Wang@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone:
Mobile:
Location: ED.G.99
Parramatta

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Teaching

Previous Teaching Areas

  • 100916 Legal Interpreting, 2016
  • 100917 Specialised Translation (PG), 2012
  • 101482 Accreditation Studies, 2016
  • 101854 Language and Linguistics Research Methods, 2012
  • LANG3071 Second Language Acquisition, 2021

Publications

Books

  • Wang, K. (2016), 'The Acquisition of Passive Constructions in L2 English by Mandarin Speakers', : LINCOM Academic Publishers 9783862886760.

Chapters in Books

  • Wang, K. (2009), 'Acquiring the passive voice: Online production of the English passive construction by Mandarin speakers', Research in Second Language Acquisition: Emperical Evidence across Languages, Cambridge Scholars Press 9781443809610.

Journal Articles

  • Wang, K. and Han, C. (2020), 'Cinematic equivalence in subtitling : a case study of the biographical drama Forever Enthralled', Studies in Linguistics and Literature, vol 4, no 2 .
  • Han, C. and Wang, K. (2014), 'Subtitling swearwords in reality TV series from English into Chinese : a corpus-based study of The Family', Translation & Interpreting, vol 6, no 2 .
  • Wang, K. and Han, C. (2013), 'Accomplishment in the multitude of counsellors : peer feedback in translation training', Translation & Interpreting, vol 5, no 2 , pp 62 - 75.

Supervision

Doctor Wang is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Thesis Title: Corpus-based Research on the Translation of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapeutic Techniques
Field of Research:

Previous Supervision

Thesis Title: The Developmental Pattern of Lexical Consultation by Chinese Students in Translation into English
Field of Research: English As A Second Language Teaching; Translating And Interpreting; Other Education
Thesis Title: Task Complexity and Grammatical Development in ESL
Field of Research: Other Society And Culture
Thesis Title: Translation Competence from Chinese into English: Differences in Tense-Aspect Choices between Native and Non-native English Speaking Translators
Field of Research: Translating And Interpreting; Linguistics

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