{"id":39839,"date":"2021-02-08T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=39839"},"modified":"2024-01-16T12:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T04:06:16","slug":"stfl-online-talk-financial-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/stfl-online-talk-financial-translation\/","title":{"rendered":"STFL Online Talk: Financial + Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39839\" class=\"elementor elementor-39839\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-caa5cbe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"caa5cbe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1b32c6\" data-id=\"e1b32c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc2bb7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc2bb7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>8\u00a0February 2021<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Cheung King Man, Lecturer of the School of Translation and Foreign Languages, delivered an online talk entitled \u2018Financial + Translation\u2019 on 8 February 2021.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With illustration of real-life examples, Dr Cheung emphasised that to understand and translate texts in the fields of economics and finance, students must have ample knowledge in these disciplines. Dr Cheung alsoexplained that instead of interpreting financial texts literally, technical terms and proper nouns should be correctly translated so as to avoid misunderstanding. He also emphasised the importance of paying extra attention to figures during translation.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Cheung concluded the talk by reiterating the parallel importance of good command of language and extra-linguistic knowledge. 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