Michelle Min-chia Wu
List of John Benjamins publications for which Michelle Min-chia Wu plays a role.
2018 Conference interpreting and knowledge acquisition: How professional interpreters tackle unfamiliar topics Interpreting 20:2, pp. 204–231 | Article
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
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
2011 Address form shifts in interpreted Q&A sessions Interpreting Chinese, Interpreting China, Setton, Robin (ed.), pp. 55–79 | Article
2009 Address form shifts in interpreted Q&A sessions China and Chinese, Setton, Robin (ed.), pp. 164–189 | Article
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