Kanglong Liu
List of John Benjamins publications in which Kanglong Liu is involved.
2026 Workflow matters: Comparing human translators and multi-agent LLMs in literary translation Target 38:3, pp. 422–453 | Article
Large language models (LLMs) have shown significant potential in translation tasks but often struggle with literary texts. This study compares professional human translations with translations produced by two AI-driven systems that coordinate multiple LLM-based agents. The first system mimics… read more
2024 Style in speech and narration of two English translations of Hongloumeng: A corpus-based multidimensional study Target 36:1, pp. 76–111 | Article
This study examines the style of two English translations of Hongloumeng, by David Hawkes, and Xianyi Yang and Gladys Yang. It makes use of multidimensional analysis to identify how the two translations differ in their sub-registers (narration and fictional speech). The results reveal that the… read more
2024 Analyzing research trends in localization: A comparative systematic review of journal articles in English and Chinese (2012–2023) Digital Translation 11:2, pp. 91–115 | Article
This literature review paper examines articles on localization in translation studies published in English and Chinese journals from 2012 to 2023. We systematically reviewed a total of 147 publications consisting of 104 and 43 articles in English and Chinese respectively, integrating thematic… read more
2022 Review of Capan, dos Reis & Grasten (2021): The Politics of Translation in International Relations Language, Politics and Media: The Hong Kong Protests, Wang, Guofeng and Ming Liu (eds.), pp. 186–189 | Review
Metadiscourse under linguistic constraint: Variation across interpreted, L2, and L1 English International Journal of Corpus Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
This study investigates whether distinct linguistic strategies arise from cognitive and linguistic constraints by comparing interpreted English produced by second-language (L2) professional interpreters, L2 spontaneous speech, and first-language (L1) English speech as a reference. Framed within… read more



