Dr Saihong Li

Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies

French Stirling

Dr Saihong Li

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About me

Dr. Saihong Li joined Stirling in September 2013, as Lecturer in Translation Studies and Programme Director in Translation Studies and Translation with TESOL.  From 2010 to 2013, Dr. Li worked as Lecturer in Interpreting and Translation Studies in the Chinese section of the School of languages at the University of Salford. Since September 2010, when she was appointed Lecturer at the University of Salford, she has been actively engaged in research and research administration. In 2011 Dr. Li was nominated as Chair of Research Ethics Committee at College of Art and Social Science. She also served as Programme Leader for UWLP (the University-wide language programme) at Salford.  In 2003, Dr. Saihong Li was appointed as Associate Professor of Linguistics at Dalian Maritime University, China. From 1991 to 2003, she taught English and linguistics in Liaoning University, Beijing Foreign Studies University and Dalian Maritime University, China.  Between 2005 and 2010, Dr. Li worked in Denmark while pursuing her doctoral research. She taught English Grammar and Linguistics, Business Chinese, Chinese language and linguistics, Chinese History and Cultural Studies, in various Danish universities: the University of Copenhagen, the Copenhagen Business School, and the University of Southern Denmark. Her experiences have straddled diverse cultures, languages and disciplines; they have informed both her theoretical reflections on language and practices in teaching. In 2006 Dr. Li was awarded a doctoral stipend, by the Danish Government, for research in Translation and Lexicography. She held a post in the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies at the University of Copenhagen; her Ph.D. was awarded in 2009.  In the past two years Dr. Li has built up a strong record in obtaining funding for research. She has been successful with applications to the British Academy, to the UCCL (University China Committee London), to the VC-early Career Scholarship at Salford, and to the Carlsberg Foundation (Denmark).

Research (2)

Dr. Li’s diverse research interests fall broadly within the fields of Applied Linguistics, Interpreting and Translation Studies, lexicography and Second Language Acquisition and Chinese Studies. Her doctoral research focused on comparative studies in Translation and Lexicography, working with English, Chinese and Danish. Currently, She is involved in four research projects: 

  1. A Study of Learning Chinese as a Second Language making use of Eye-Tracking technology. This interdisciplinary research investigates how different graphic systems might be a variable factor in second language acquisition (SLA). Most SLA research ignores writing systems: this research examines how learners of Chinese, who are familiar with the Roman alphabet, respond to and negotiate an alien script. By combining eye-tracking technology — which has yielded data impossible to come by in any other way — with more established research procedures, of controlled experiments and statistical analysis, she is investigating a hitherto unacknowledged barrier for all western learners of Chinese.  2. A study of food labels and the possibility of inter-cultural confusion; differing expectations of accuracy and detail in the description of what’s in the jar; and some of the commercial and ethical issues raised by this extremely important but little-studied field of translation and cultural exchange.  3. Global English Communication Gap: this research investigates how Chinese business persons use English and tests whether the use of English by non-native English speakers is always effective — in accuracy, in rhetoric, in idiom — in business negotiations. 4. A socio-linguistic study of the bilingual policies implemented by the Chinese Government in the Xinjiang region. This is a volatile region, politically and socially, with tension between the Han Chinese and the Uighur (Muslim) population. It is a region that she knows well. The research aims to find out whether the current bilingual policy leads to greater social harmony (as is its intention) or whether it fuels the tension by creating suspicion and resentment of policies imposed from Beijing. This project involves comparative study of other societies and nations in which bilingualism is official policy.

Projects

Eye Tracking Study of Learning Chinese as Second Foreign Language
PI: Dr Saihong Li
Funded by: Universities' China Committee in London
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PGT/PGR Translation Training Symposium in Your Subject in the Digital Age for Non-Linguistics/Non-Languages researchers - HEA-AHRC symposia series on interculturalism and translating cultures
PI: Dr Saihong Li
Funded by: Higher Education Academy
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Outputs (33)

Outputs

Conference Proceeding

MetaMap versus BERT models with explainable active learning: ontology-based experiments with prior knowledge for COVID-19

Arguello-Casteleiro M, Henson C, Maroto N, Li S, Des-Diz J, Fernandez-Prieto MJ, Peters S, Furmston T, Sevillano Torrado C, Maseda Fernandez D, Kulshrestha M, Keane J, Stevens R & Wroe C (2022) MetaMap versus BERT models with explainable active learning: ontology-based experiments with prior knowledge for COVID-19. In: SWAT4HCLS 2022: Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Health Care and Life Sciences. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 3127. 13th International Conference on Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Health Care and Life Sciences, Leiden, Netherlands, 10.01.2022-14.01.2022. Leiden: CEUR-WS, pp. 108-117. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3127/paper-14.pdf

Edited Book

The Routledge Handbook of Asian Linguistics

Shei C & Li S (eds.) (2022) The Routledge Handbook of Asian Linguistics. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Asian-Linguistics/Shei-Li/p/book/9780367546991

Book Chapter

Introduction: A historical overview of terminology management and scholarship

Li S & Hope W (2021) Introduction: A historical overview of terminology management and scholarship. In: Li S & Hope W (eds.) Terminology Translation in Chinese Contexts: Theory and Practice. Routledge Studies in Chinese Translation. London: Routledge, pp. 121-129. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/terminology-translation-chinese-contexts-saihong-li-william-hope/e/10.4324/9781003006688

Book Chapter

Introduction: The role of terminology translation in China’s contemporary identities and cultures

Li S & Hope W (2021) Introduction: The role of terminology translation in China’s contemporary identities and cultures. In: Li S & Hope W (eds.) Terminology Translation in Chinese Contexts: Theory and Practice. Routledge Studies in Chinese Translation. London: Routledge, pp. 1-18. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/terminology-translation-chinese-contexts-saihong-li-william-hope/e/10.4324/9781003006688

Book Chapter

Translating food terminology as cultural and communicative processes

Li S (2021) Translating food terminology as cultural and communicative processes. In: Li S & Hope W (eds.) Terminology Translation in Chinese Contexts: Theory and Practice. Routledge Studies in Chinese Translation. London: Routledge, pp. 81-97. https://www.routledge.com/Terminology-Translation-in-Chinese-Contexts-Theory-and-Practice/Li-Hope/p/book/9780367439538

Edited Book

Terminology Translation in Chinese Contexts: Theory and Practice

Li S & Hope W (eds.) (2021) Terminology Translation in Chinese Contexts: Theory and Practice. Routledge Studies in Chinese Translation. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Terminology-Translation-in-Chinese-Contexts-Theory-and-Practice/Li-Hope/p/book/9780367439538

Book Chapter

Bi/Multilingual Education, Translation, and Social Mobility in Xinjiang, China

Li S (2019) Bi/Multilingual Education, Translation, and Social Mobility in Xinjiang, China. In: Shei C, McLellan Zikpi ME & Chao D (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language Teaching. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 593-612. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Chinese-Language-Teaching/Shei-Zikpi-Chao/p/book/9781138097940

Conference Proceeding

A Parallel Approach to the Study of Political Translation in China

Li J & Li S (2014) A Parallel Approach to the Study of Political Translation in China. In: Lindsay J, Sun L, Qunying P, Zhang J, Hale L & Khan A (eds.) Proceedings of International Symposium on Globalization: Challenges for Translators and Interpreters. International Symposium on 'Globalization: Challenges for Translators and Interpreters', Zhuhai, China, 06.12.2013-08.12.2013. Marietta, GA, USA: The American Scholars Press, Inc. pp. 442-448. http://scholarspress.us/conferences/pdf/Jinan-GCTI.pdf

Conference Proceeding

Semiotics and lexicography

Li S (2009) Semiotics and lexicography [A survey of cognitive approaches to pedagogical lexicography]. In: Tarasti E (ed.) Communication: Understanding/Misunderstanding. Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the IASS/AIS, Helsinki-Imatra 2007. Acta Semiotica Fennica. 9th Congress of the IASS/AIS, Helsinki, 11.06.2007-17.06.2007. Helsinki, Finland: International Semiotics Institute, pp. 915-922. http://iass-ais.org/proceedings2007/Semio2007Proceedings.pdf

Book Chapter

A survey of pragmatic information in bilingual English-Chinese learners' dictionaries

Li S (2009) A survey of pragmatic information in bilingual English-Chinese learners' dictionaries. In: Ooi V, Pakir A, Talib I & Tan P (eds.) Perspectives in Lexicography: Asia and beyond. Papers on Lexicography and Dictionaries, 1. Tel Aviv, Isreal: K Dictionaries Ltd, pp. 25-38. http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/ellooiby/perspectives-in-lexicography.pdf

Edited Book

TOFEL Vocabulary (Dictionary)

Li S (ed.) (2004) TOFEL Vocabulary (Dictionary). Dalian, China: Dalian Technology University Publishing.

Article

Advantages of Corpora in Lexicography - Review of OALD (6th edition)

Yang X & Li S (2003) Advantages of Corpora in Lexicography - Review of OALD (6th edition) [语料库在词典编撰中的优势——兼评《牛津高阶英语学习词典》(第6版)]. Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, 4, pp. 45-51. http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-WYWJ200304011.htm

Edited Book

CET4 Guide

Li S (ed.) (1998) CET4 Guide [四级阅读简答翻译]. Dalian, Liaoning Province, China: Dalian Technology University Publishing.

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