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Riccardo Moratto

Professor 教授

n  AIIC Member 国际会议口译员协会(AIIC)会员

n  Member of Assointerpreti

n  Chartered Linguist and Fellow Member of Royal Chartered Institute of Linguists, UK

n  Expert member of Translators Association of China (中国翻译协会专家会员)

n  Honorary Member of Associação de Tradutores de Macau (澳门翻译协会荣誉会员)

About Me

Prof. Dr. Riccardo Moratto (FCIL) is Professor at the Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation (GIIT), Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), AIIC member and member of Assointerpreti. Professor Moratto is editor-in-chief (主编) of Interpreting Studies for Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press (外教社), editor-in-chief (主编) of Routledge Studies in East Asian Interpreting and Routledge Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Approaches to Chinese Literature. Professor Moratto is also Honorary Guest Professor at the College of Foreign Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Visiting Scholar at Shandong University, Honorary Research Fellow at the Center for Translation Studies of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Expert Member of the Translators Association of China (TAC), Honorary Member of Associação de Tradutores de Macau, Full Member of the European Society for Translation Studies and the European Association of Chinese Studies. Prof. Moratto i…

Research Areas

Translation and interpreting studies, Chinese modern and contemporary literature, interpreting history in China, translation and cultural identities, Chinese literature in translation, public service interpreting (community interpreting), corpus applications to literary and translation studies, sign language interpreting, intercultural communication, Chinese language teaching.

Education

Ph.D.

2010 – 2013

National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Taipei, in Translation and Interpreting Studies (以优等成绩毕业)

Master’s Degree

2007 - 2009

Master’s Degree in Conference Interpreting, Intercultural Communication, Translation and Interpreting Studies (110/110 cum LAUDE 以优等成绩毕业), University of Bologna, Polo di Forli, “Scuola Superiore di Lingue Moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori” (SSLMIT, 高等翻译学院) (以优等成绩毕业)

Bachelor’s Degree

2004 - 2007

Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics, Chinese and International Communication, at University of Roma Tre(110/110 cum LAUDE 以优等成绩毕业)

Languages

Language Proficiency

  • (American) English – Native
  • Italian – Native
  • Chinese – Fluent
  • French – Fluent
  • Norwegian – Fluent
  • Spanish – Fluent
  • (Brazilian) Portuguese - Fluent
  • Thai – Upper Intermediate
  • Vietnamese – Upper Intermediate
  • Tagalog - Upper Intermediate
  • Indonesian – Intermediate

Working Languages

  • (American) English (native) (active language)
  • Italian (native) (active language)
  • Chinese (active language)
  • French (active language)
  • Norwegian (passive language)
  • Spanish (passive language)
  • (Brazilian) Portuguese (passive language)

Additional professional training

·         2009-2010, Chinese at Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), with scholarship granted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

·         2008 Taiwan Summer School Scholarship granted by the National Science Council in Paris, Chinese to English interpreting

·         2006 - 2007, Socrates/Erasmus Scholarship, University of Bergen, Norway

·         2005, Westminster College, Toronto, Canada

·         2004, University College, Cork, Ireland

·         2003, Institute of Education, Dublin, Ireland

·         2002, Isis, Edinburgh, Scotland

·         2001, Aspect Whittier College, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

·         2000, Westminster College, Oxford

Academic Positions and Courses

  • Professor (教授), Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation (GIIT), Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) (2021-)
  • Honorary Guest Professor at Nanjing Agricultural University 南京农业大学外国语学院客座教授 (2021-)
  • Professor of Chinese Interpreting at Civica Scuola Interpreti e Traduttori Altiero Spinelli in Milan (2023-)
  • Cultore della Materia (特聘专家) at Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia 威尼斯大学 (2021-)
  • Visiting Researcher, Interpretation and Translation Research Institute, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (2023-)
  • Visiting Scholar at Shandong University (山东大学), 2021
  • Contract Professor (约聘教授) at University of Bergamo 贝加莫大学 (2021-)
  • Honorary Research Fellow at Centre for Translation Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (2020-)
  • Associate Professor at Hunan Normal University (2019-2020)
  • Assistant Professor at National Taipei University of Business (2013-2017)
  • Assistant Professor at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (2013-2014)
  • Assistant Professor at Shih Chien University (2013-2015)
  • Assistant Professor at National Taipei University of the Arts (2010-2017)
  • Assistant Professor at Fujen Catholic University (2010-2013)
  • Visiting scholar at Fujen Catholic University (2009)
  • International tutor for Chinese-speaking students at the University of Bologna (2008 – 2009)
  • Research assistant at the University of Bergen, Norway (2006)

Grants, Honors And Awards

  • Translation grant

    Translation grant 丝路书香项目 for the translation of 咏而归 by 李敬泽

  • Sin Wai Kin Chinese Humanities Development

    Sin Wai Kin Chinese Humanities Development Fund/香港理工大学冼为坚中国人文学发展基金 2021/22 Project Title/Name of Activity: Translation and Acceptance of Classic Chinese Literature in the Anglophone Community: Digital Humanities, Perspectives and Methods. (Co-investigator, HKD 16,750).

  • Nanjing Agricultural University Humanities and Social Sciences Fund allocated through the Central Basic Research Funds for Universities

    Nanjing Agricultural University Humanities and Social Sciences Fund allocated through the Central Basic Research Funds for Universities (Project No. Y0201900131) (co-investigator RMB¥20,000) 中央高校基本科研业务费-南京农业大学人文社会科学研究基金: 阎连科乡土语言的日译实践批评和接受研究(项目编号:Y0201900131), 2019年3月至2021年3月.

  • 2019 Mentor of the winner .

    2019 Mentor of the winner (特等奖) in the Hunan province selection competition for the national interpreting contest (第八届海峡两岸口译大赛华中赛区湖南选拔赛中荣获特等奖学生之导师)

Current Membership

  • AIIC
  • Expert member of Translators Association of China (TAC, 中國翻譯協會). Membership number Z200973 (since 2020)
  • Honorary Member of Associação de Tradutores de Macau (澳門翻譯協會) (since 2020)
  • Assointerpreti
  • Laboratorio sulla traduzione delle lingue orientali, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia
  • European Society for Translation Studies (EST) - Full Member
  • Head of Chinese Translation and Interpreting Studies (CTIS) Lab

Past Membership

  • Taiwan Association of Translation and Interpretation (TATI)
  • Korean Society of Conference Interpretation (KSCI)
  • European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS)
  • Japanese Association for Translation and Interpretation Studies (JAITS)
  • Asosiación Internacional de Profesionales de la Traducción y la Interpretación (AIPTI)

Editorial board member and reviewer

·         Editor-in-chief (主編) of Interpreting Studies for Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press (外教社)

·         General editor of Routledge Studies in East Asian Interpreting

·         General editor of Routledge Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Approaches to Chinese Literature

·         Board member of Hong Kong Translation Quarterly

·         Reviewer for Babel (SSCI)

·         Reviewer for Meta (SSCI)

·         Reviewer for The Translator (SSCI)

·         Reviewer for Translation and Interpreting (SSCI)

·         Reviewer for Target (SSCI)

·         Reviewer for Translation and Interpreting (T&I) (SCOPUS)

·         Reviewer for Forum (SCOPUS)

·         The European Journal of Sinology (EJS)

·         The European Journal of Chinese Studies (EJCS)

·         Studies in Linguistics and Literature (SLL)

·         International Journal of English Linguistics (IJEL)

·         International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation (IJLLT)

·         English Language and Literature Studies (ELLS)

·         The Journal of Language for Specific Purposes (JLSP)

·         Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures (JFLC)

·         Eurasian Journal of Humanities

·         Reviewer for international papers submitted to the international conference “China and the World: Language, Culture, Politics”, Sofia University, December 12-13, 2019