Andy Lung Jan Chan
List of John Benjamins publications for which Andy Lung Jan Chan plays a role.
2014 Moving up the value chain? The economic theory of factor price equalization and its implications for the translation profession Translation Spaces 3, pp. 151–165 | Article
In this age of globalization, and as a result of the advent of information, communication and translation technologies, translation tasks tend to be outsourced or even crowd-sourced to countries with lower wages, and translation fees seem to be on a downward spiral. Downward pressure on translation… read more
2014 Learning and Teaching Translation in an Age of Mass Higher Education: A quantitative survey of the sub-degree translation programme graduates in Hong Kong FORUM 12:1, pp. 23–39 | Article
Abstract/Résumé
Plusieurs recherches ont été conduites sur la formation universitaire à la traduction au cours de ces dernières années mais la recherche a accordé peu d’attention aux programmes de formation en traduction en cette ère d’études universitaires à grande échelle. Cet article présente… read more
2011 Effectiveness of translator certification as a signaling device: Views from the translator recruiters Identity and Status in the Translational Professions, Sela-Sheffy, Rakefet and Miriam Shlesinger † (eds.), pp. 31–48 | Article
2010 Education, Experience and Translator Certification as Signaling Mechanisms: A case study of job advertisements in Hong Kong1 FORUM 8:1, pp. 37–54 | Article
Alors que la demande en services de traduction a augmenté à cause de la mondialisation et de l’essor des technologiques de l’information et des communications, le caractère généralisé de l’usage d’Internet a également accru l’incertitude en matière d’embauche et, par conséquent, les coÛts de la… read more
2009 Effectiveness of translator certification as a signaling device: Views from the translator recruiters Profession, Identity and Status: Translators and Interpreters as an Occupational Group, Sela-Sheffy, Rakefet and Miriam Shlesinger † (eds.), pp. 155–171 | Article
In recent years, the issue of translator certification has attracted a great deal of attention among professional translators and translation studies scholars. Using the economic theory of signaling as a framework and an experiment involving the use of fictitious resumes, this study entailed… read more