Andy Lung Jan Chan
List of John Benjamins publications in which Andy Lung Jan Chan is involved.
2014 Moving up the value chain? The economic theory of factor price equalization and its implications for the translation profession Translation Spaces 3, pp. 151–165 | Article
In this age of globalization, and as a result of the advent of information, communication and translation technologies, translation tasks tend to be outsourced or even crowd-sourced to countries with lower wages, and translation fees seem to be on a downward spiral. Downward pressure on translation… read more
2014 Learning and Teaching Translation in an Age of Mass Higher Education: A quantitative survey of the sub-degree translation programme graduates in Hong Kong FORUM 12:1, pp. 23–39 | Article
Abstract/Résumé
Plusieurs recherches ont été conduites sur la formation universitaire à la traduction au cours de ces dernières années mais la recherche a accordé peu d’attention aux programmes de formation en traduction en cette ère d’études universitaires à grande échelle. Cet article présente… read more
2011 Effectiveness of translator certification as a signaling device: Views from the translator recruiters Identity and Status in the Translational Professions, Sela-Sheffy, Rakefet and Miriam Shlesinger † (eds.), pp. 31–48 | Article
2010 Education, Experience and Translator Certification as Signaling Mechanisms: A case study of job advertisements in Hong Kong1 FORUM 8:1, pp. 37–54 | Article
Alors que la demande en services de traduction a augmenté à cause de la mondialisation et de l’essor des technologiques de l’information et des communications, le caractère généralisé de l’usage d’Internet a également accru l’incertitude en matière d’embauche et, par conséquent, les coÛts de la… read more
2009 Effectiveness of translator certification as a signaling device: Views from the translator recruiters Profession, Identity and Status: Translators and Interpreters as an Occupational Group, Sela-Sheffy, Rakefet and Miriam Shlesinger † (eds.), pp. 155–171 | Article
In recent years, the issue of translator certification has attracted a great deal of attention among professional translators and translation studies scholars. Using the economic theory of signaling as a framework and an experiment involving the use of fictitious resumes, this study entailed… read more