
Professor Mark SHUTTLEWORTH (夏致遠教授)
BA (University of Oxford)
MA (University of Birmingham)
PhD (University of London)
Dean and Professor
School of Translation and Foreign Languages
電話 : (852) 3963 5102
Mark Shuttleworth is Professor and Dean of the School of Translation and Foreign Languages at The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.
He was educated at the University of Oxford, where he received a First Class Honours degree in Russian and German, the University of Birmingham, where he studied for an MA in Special Applications of Linguistics, and at the University of London, from where he obtained his PhD in translation studies. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Mark Shuttleworth has been involved in translation studies research and teaching since 1993 and has previously worked at the University of Leeds, Imperial College London, University College London and Hong Kong Baptist University. His publications include the Dictionary of Translation Studies and articles on translation technology, translator training, metaphor in translation, translation and the web, and Wikipedia translation. His monograph Studying Scientific Metaphor in Translation was published in 2017. He has a volume of articles on Translation and Neoliberalism appearing shortly, for which he is second editor, and is also working on another volume, on Wikipedia translation, this time as first editor. He is also currently nearing the end of his work on the second edition of the Dictionary.
Mark Shuttleworth has been invited as a keynote speaker to translation studies conferences organized by institutions in China, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Malaysia and Poland. He has also addressed industry conferences in Brazil, Italy and the UK on the subject of translation technology and has provided training in the same area in Finland, Italy, Malaysia, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia. In addition, he has links with universities in Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Norway, Qatar and the UK.
In September 2018 he moved to Hong Kong in order to take up a professorship at Hong Kong Baptist University. At HKBU he was been awarded funding for two research projects by the Hong Kong government and focused his teaching on translation technology. He has been at HSUHK since September 2024.
He is a fluent speaker of Russian, German, Polish and French and has some knowledge of a number of other languages including Cantonese and Putonghua. As and when time permits he is active as a translator.
He was educated at the University of Oxford, where he received a First Class Honours degree in Russian and German, the University of Birmingham, where he studied for an MA in Special Applications of Linguistics, and at the University of London, from where he obtained his PhD in translation studies. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Mark Shuttleworth has been involved in translation studies research and teaching since 1993 and has previously worked at the University of Leeds, Imperial College London, University College London and Hong Kong Baptist University. His publications include the Dictionary of Translation Studies and articles on translation technology, translator training, metaphor in translation, translation and the web, and Wikipedia translation. His monograph Studying Scientific Metaphor in Translation was published in 2017. He has a volume of articles on Translation and Neoliberalism appearing shortly, for which he is second editor, and is also working on another volume, on Wikipedia translation, this time as first editor. He is also currently nearing the end of his work on the second edition of the Dictionary.
Mark Shuttleworth has been invited as a keynote speaker to translation studies conferences organized by institutions in China, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Malaysia and Poland. He has also addressed industry conferences in Brazil, Italy and the UK on the subject of translation technology and has provided training in the same area in Finland, Italy, Malaysia, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia. In addition, he has links with universities in Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Norway, Qatar and the UK.
In September 2018 he moved to Hong Kong in order to take up a professorship at Hong Kong Baptist University. At HKBU he was been awarded funding for two research projects by the Hong Kong government and focused his teaching on translation technology. He has been at HSUHK since September 2024.
He is a fluent speaker of Russian, German, Polish and French and has some knowledge of a number of other languages including Cantonese and Putonghua. As and when time permits he is active as a translator.
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| The main focus on my teaching has been on translation technology, translation studies and research methods. I try where possible to adopt a participatory approach that is informed by the real world and integrates the use of digital tools and alternative forms of assessment. I have taught at BA, MA and doctoral levels across institutions in the UK and Hong Kong, and am committed to inclusive, reflective and socially constructivist learning. At the previous institutions I have worked I set up and implemented two Masters programmes and one Masters stream, while at HSUHK I am now leading an extensive revision of the BA curriculum. I have mentored early-career colleagues and teaching assistants within ad hoc communities of practice and have developed or co-developed multiple new courses for translation and localisation. At HSUHK, I aim to continue ensuring that our curricula that are forward-looking, inclusive and professionally relevant. Since 2024 I have been a Senior Fellow of the UK-based Higher Education Academy. |
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| My research spans translation technology training, digital translation practices, Wikipedia translation and metaphor in translation. I have published widely in these areas and am currently finalising the second edition of my Dictionary of Translation Studies. Since arriving in Hong Kong, I have received funding from the Research Grants Council for two projects, on Wikipedia translation and metaphor in translation. I have supervised a total of fifteen PhDs students to completion and continue to be active in this area, supervising students working on topics ranging from corpus-based translation studies to audiovisual translation and Wikipedia research. |
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