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Fred Shao-Chuan Wu
BA in English (Tamkang, Taiwan)
MA in East Asian Studies (St John's, NY, USA),
MA in Translation and Interpretation (Monterey, CA, USA)
Mr Wu joined Newcastle University in 1998 as a lecturer on the Postgraduate
Translating and Interpreting Programme and the Undergraduate Chinese
Language Programme. He holds a BA in English from
Tamkang University Tamsui, Taiwan (1988) and an MA in East Asian
Studies from St. John's
University, New York (1991). Mr. Wu also holds an MA in Translation
and Interpretation from Monterey
Institute of International Studies, California (1993).
Between 1993 and 1998, Mr. Wu worked as a Lecturer in translation and
interpreting at the English Department of
Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages in Taiwan. He was also Director
of the Szu-yuan
Translation Service, which is affiliated to Wenzao College; this
post involved managing translation and interpreting projects, recruiting
translators/interpreters, and overseeing the College's translation internship
programme. In Kaohsiung City, Mr. Wu helped design and teach the Taiwan
Government's Public Service Employers' Translation and Interpreting
courses, and the Interpreting Training Programme of the China Productivity
Centre (a government-funded organisation offering various training courses
to the private sector).
Mr. Wu has interpreted at many international conferences, in subject
areas such as steel production, harbour/port policy and management,
public arts, Chinese political and economic issues, and more recently
the UK-China Forum, a semi-official forum between the two governments.
Since he joined the T&I Postgraduate Programme, Mr. Wu has been
developing and teaching the interpreting modules as well as developing
assessment materials and procedures for interpreting exams.
With research interests in translation market needs, course design
and assessment issues for translating and interpreting training, Mr.
Wu maintains a close working relationship with professional practitioners
in the field and continues to be engaged in translation projects with
professional translators in Taipei, San Francisco, and Singapore.
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