Wenting Yu teaches interpreting for the translation and interpretation majors at the College of English Studes, Shanghai International Studies University (SISU). She obtained her PhD degree in Linguistics from SISU in 2012. She was a visiting post-doctoral researcher at Leiden University Center for Linguistics (2012–2013). She specializes in interdisciplinary studies of interpreting, prosody, psycholinguistics and second language acquisition. Her publications include work on cognitive processing in interpreting, and interpreter training.
Publication:
Book Chapters:
1. Yu, W. T. & van Heuven, V. J. (2021, forthcoming). Quantitative Correlates as Predictors of Judged Fluency in Consecutive Interpreting Implications for Automatic Assessment and Pedagogy. In Chen Jing and Han Chao (eds.), Testing and Assessment of Interpreting: Recent Developments in China. Springer.
2. He, H. & Yu, W.T. (2014). An Empirical Study on the Usage of Metacognitive Strategies by Foreign Learners of Chinese. In Zhou Shaoming (ed.), Teaching Chinese: Challenges in a Globalized World,289-311. Shanghai: Fudan University Press.
Peer-reviewed International Journals:
1. Yu, W. T. & van Heuven, V. J. (2017). Predicting judged fluency of consecutive interpreting from acoustic measures Potential for automatic assessment and pedagogic implications. Interpreting 19 (1), 47–69. (SSCI)
2. Yu,W.T. & Heuven, Vincent J.van. (2012). Effects of Immediate Repetition at different stages of Interpreting Training: An experimental study. In Suzanne Aalberse and Anita Auer (eds.), Linguistics in the Netherlands,201-213.Amsterdam:John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Dictionaries:
1. Co-author of A Chinese-English Dictionary for Interpreters, People's Education Press, 2012.
2. Co-author of Encyclopaedia of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Beijing University Press, 2017.
Text Books:
1. Co-author of Developing Interpreting Competence, Beijing University Press, 2008/2009.
2. Co-author of A Training Course for Liaison-escort Interpreters, People's Education Press, 2005.
Translation:
Russia in World History by Barbara Alpern Engel and Janet Martin, Oxford University Press, 2021 (forthcoming, translation to be published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing Group).
Project:
Grant for the “Prosodic Aspects in Chinese to English and English to Chinese Consecutive Interpreting Training” project sponsored by Shanghai International Studies University (2019-2022)
Other Academic Responsibilities:
Supervisor of the SES Interpreters Association, SISU (2018-)
