Department of Linguistics
PhD Research
The Discourse of Auslan/English Interpreter Mediated Medical Interactions
PhD Candidate: George Major
Supervisors: A/Prof Jemina Napier and A/Prof Trevor Johnston
Interpreting by design: A study of aptitude, ability and achievement in Australian sign language interpreters
PhD Candidate: Karen Bontempo
Supervisors: A/Prof Jemina Napier and A/Prof Linda Cupples
A systemic functional grammar of Chinese nominal group
PhD candidate: Jing Fang
Supervisors: Dr. Canzhong Wu
Challenges English to Japanese translators are likely to face and development of effective approaches to translator education
PhD Candidate: Izumi Inoue
Supervisors: Prof. Chris Candlin and Dr Sally Candlin
Researching a multilingual training course for minority language interpreters. A collaborative project with industry and the profession
PhD Candidate: Helen Slatyer
Supervisors: A/Prof Jemina Napier & A/Prof David Hall
Analysing approaches to interpreting and translating texts from Auslan to English
PhD Candidate: Marcel Leneham
Supervisor: A/Prof Jemina Napier
Error Typology: Focusing on the Translation from English into Korean
PhD candidate: YoungOuk Lee
Supervisor: A/Prof Eddie Ronowicz
Simultaneous Interpreting and working memory of sign language interpreters
PhD candidate: Lily Jihong Wang
Supervisors: Dr Jemina Napier & Helen Slatyer
Medical translation for the lay receiver: an investigation of the ability of experienced technical translators to translate for a lay audience
PhD candidate: Matilde Jensen (co-tutelle)
Supervisors: A/Prof Jemina Napier & Helen Slatyer
Baseline quality assessment model for simultaneous interpretation training: acceptability of adequateness
PhD candidate: Wei Zhang
Supervisor: Dr Stanley Song
Beyond translation incompetence: knowledge of translation as a treatment for learners’ tendency of translationese
PhD candidate: Evelyn Sushma
Supervisor: A/Prof Eddie Ronowicz