Chia-chien Chang
List of John Benjamins publications for which Chia-chien Chang plays a role.
Journal
Conference interpreting and knowledge acquisition: How professional interpreters tackle unfamiliar topics Interpreting 20:2, pp. 204–231 | Article
2018 This paper describes knowledge acquisition of professional conference interpreters in Taiwan when dealing with unfamiliar topics: the focus is on how the required knowledge is developed before, during and after a conference. We interviewed 10 Chinese-English interpreters, to find out about their… read more
2014
Non-native English at international conferences: Perspectives from Chinese–English conference interpreters in Taiwan Interpreting 16:2, pp. 169–190 | Article
2014 With the spread of English as a lingua franca (ELF), interpreting researchers have started to explore its effects on interpreting quality and on the conference interpreting profession as a whole. This study is based on interviews with ten professional conference interpreters working with Chinese A… read more
Address form shifts in interpreted Q&A sessions Interpreting Chinese, Interpreting China, Setton, Robin (ed.), pp. 55–79 | Article
2011 Address form shifts in interpreted Q&A sessions China and Chinese, Setton, Robin (ed.), pp. 164–189 | Article
2009 This paper examines the use of address forms in interpreter-mediated question and answer (Q&A) sessions in international conferences. The address forms analyzed include both the names and the pronouns the questioners used to address the presenters. The data were collected from two conferences held… read more
The impact of directionality on Chinese/English simultaneous interpreting Interpreting 9:2, pp. 137–176 | Article
2007 This paper addresses the issue of directionality in simultaneous interpreting by exploring professional Chinese/English interpreters’ experience of simultaneous interpreting, focusing specifically on the impact of language direction on their choice of strategies. Ten professional interpreters… read more