Prof. Xiu YAN, 鄢秀

Research output

Research output per year 2004 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019 2023 2024 2025

• 58 RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication)
• 33 RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
• 11 RGC 14 - Edited book (Editor)
• 9 RGC 31A - Invited conference paper (refereed items)
• 44 More
  • 8 Chapter in research book/monograph/textbook (Author)
  • 8 RGC 33 - Other conference paper
  • 7 RGC 22 - Publication in policy or professional journal
  • 6 RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author)
  • 4 RGC 62 - Review of books or of software (or similar publications/items)
  • 3 RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
  • 3 RGC 31B - Invited conference paper (non-refereed items)
  • 2 RGC 11 - Research book or monograph (Author)
  • 1 RGC 41 - Authored play, poem, novel, story
  • 1 Foreword/preface/postscript
  • 1 RGC 45 - Translation of other's work

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  ASSESSMENT CRITERIA IN AUDIO DESCRIBER TRAINING: An Investigation of Learner Perceptions in a University Interpreting Programme in Hong Kong

  Yan, J. X. & Luo, K., 2025, AUDIO DESCRIPTION AND INTERPRETING STUDIES: Interdisciplinary Crossroads. Zhan, C. & Moratto, R. (eds.). Routledge , p. 79-97 19 p.

  Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) › peer-review

  • Hong Kong 100%
  • Assessment Criteria 100%
  • Learner perceptions 100%
  • Audio description 100%
  • Student perceptions 30%

• Paradoxical Media Accessibility in Cantonese Audio Description: A Case Study of Zero to Hero (媽媽的神奇小子)

  Chow, A. H. T. & Yan, J. X., 29 May 2025.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

  • Case Study 100%
  • Hero 100%
  • Audio description 100%
  • Hong Kong 100%
  • Chinese Script 100%

• 国家口述影像能力: 中国内地与香港比较研究

  鄢秀, 周晓彤 & 林苏, Mar 2025, In: 上海翻译. 181, 2, p. 32-38

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

  Open Access

• 跨文化视域下张爱玲自译作品中的主体性探赜

  Translated title of the contribution: Exploring Subjectivity in Eileen Chang’s Self-Translated Works from a Cross-Cultural Perspective鄢秀 & 吴桓球, 12 May 2025, In: 翻译研究与教学. 2, p. 100-107

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

  • Subjectivity 100%
  • Self-translation 100%
  • Eileen Chang 100%
  • Authors 50%
  • Criticism 25%
• 2024

  A Comparison of Public Policies on Audio Description in UK and Hong Kong

  林苏 & 鄢秀, 21 Jul 2024.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

  • Laws and Regulation 100%
  • Nongovernmental Organization 100%
  • Government Intervention 100%
  • Academic Discourse 100%
  • Regulatory Body 100%

• Assessment criteria in audio describer training: An investigation of learner perceptions in a university interpreting programme in Hong Kong of China

  Yan, J. X. & Luo, K., Mar 2024, In: Interpreting and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 4, 1, p. 26-43

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Hong Kong 100%
  • China 100%
  • Assessment Criteria 100%
  • Learner perceptions 100%
  • Audio description 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  33 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars)

• Audio Description in Translation Studies: Challenges, Opportunities and Future Development

  YAN, X., Jun 2024, p. 38.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 31A - Invited conference paper (refereed items) › Yes › peer-review

  • Future Development 100%
  • Facial Expression 100%
  • Visual Impairment 100%
  • Artificial Intelligence 100%
  • Visual Content 50%

• Examining Student Translators’ Writing and Translation Products: Quality, Errors and Self-perceived Mental Workload

  Chen, X. & Yan, J. X., 2024, In: The Interpreter and Translator Trainer. 18, 3, p. 465-485 21 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

  • English Translation 100%
  • English 100%
  • Error Rate 100%
  • Self Evaluation 100%
  • Chinese 83%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Exploring the Linguistic Features of Learners' Interpretese: A Multidimensional Analysis

  Hang Zhao 赵航 & Jackie Xiu Yan 鄢秀, Apr 2024, p. 31.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

  • Linguistic features 100%
  • Multidimensional Analysis 100%
  • Cooccurrence 50%
  • Spoken English 50%
  • Source text 50%

• Exploring User-Centered Evaluation in a Tertiary-Level, Audio-Describer Training Program

  Yan, J. X. & Luo, K., 2024, In: Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness. 118, 3, p. 164-176

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

  • Focus Group 100%
  • Pronoun 100%
  • Visual Impairment 100%
  • Evaluation Criterion 100%
  • Training Program 100%

• Introducing Inclusive Language in an Audio Description Training Program

  CHOW, A. H. T. & YAN, J. X., 6 Dec 2024.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 33 - Other conference paper › peer-review

  • Audio description 100%
  • Inclusive Language 100%
  • Hero 18%
  • English 18%
  • People with Disabilities 18%

• Linguistic Characteristics of English in Hong Kong: A Corpus-Based Study

  GE, M. & YAN, X., 25 Jun 2024, (Presented).

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 33 - Other conference paper › peer-review

  • Hong Kong 100%
  • Linguistics 100%
  • Corpus-based study 100%
  • English 100%
  • Corpus 30%

• Rendering transgender identity in audio description

  CHOW, A. H. T. & YAN, J. X., 6 Dec 2024.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

  • Coloureds 100%
  • Gender Identity 100%
  • Hong Kong 33%
  • New Zealand 33%
  • Credit 33%

• Secondary Worlds and the Translation of Cultural-specific Items in Musical Plays: An Analysis of Mulan Jr. and Little Shop of Horrors

  Wang, K. & Yan, J. X., Jun 2024.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

  • Horror 100%
  • Musical Play 100%
  • Literary works 66%
  • Render 33%
  • Scripts 33%

• The Speech-act Nature of Interpreting and Its Implications for Interpreter Training

  Zhu, C. & Yan, J. X., 2024, Of Mind and Machine: Textual Accountability in Translation and for Translator Training. Zhu, C. & Jiang, C. (eds.). New York: Routledge , p. 118-140

  Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) › peer-review

  • Speech acts 100%
  • Interpreter training 100%
  • Awareness 33%
  • 1960s 33%
  • Elaboration 33%

• Translating and interpreting the Analects: The role of the commentaries

  YAN, J. X., May 2024, p. 21-22.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 31A - Invited conference paper (refereed items) › Yes › peer-review

  • Analects 100%
  • Exegetical Tradition 100%
  • Confucius 100%
  • Scholars 33%
  • Seventeenth Century 33%

• Translation Learners’ Needs Assessment in Writing and Translation: A Qualitative Study

  Chen, X. & Yan, J. X., 13 Apr 2024.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

  • Teaching Material 100%
  • Qualitative Research 100%
  • Needs Assessment 100%
  • Translator training 100%
  • Student writing 100%

• “拥抱技术” 的翻译认知过程研究：内容、方法与理论拓展 - 《实证翻译过程研究探索》评介

  Translated title of the contribution: Embracing Technology: Developments in Research Focuses and Methods of TPR and Its Theories - A Review of Explorations in Empirical Translation Process Research陈霞 & 鄢秀, 20 Jul 2024, In: 外国语(上海外国语大学学报). 47, 4 , p. 120-128 9 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 62 - Review of books or of software (or similar publications/items) › peer-review

  • Review 100%
  • Cognitivism 100%
  • Scientific Methods 100%
  • Process Research 100%
  • Technology Development 100%

• 《翻译与口译的实证研究：后结构主义路径》介评

  Translated title of the contribution: A Review on Empirical Studies of Translation and Interpreting The Post-Structuralist Approach赵航 & 鄢秀, 15 May 2024, In: 译苑新谭. 2024, 1, p. 270-274 5 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 62 - Review of books or of software (or similar publications/items) › peer-review

  • Review 100%
  • Empirical study 100%
  • Structuralists 100%
  • Thematic 33%
• 2023

  Audio description and interpreting training: a comparison of assessment criteria from the perspective of learners

  Yan, J. X. & Luo, K., Nov 2023, In: Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice. 31, 6, p. 1049-1064

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

  • Assessment Criteria 100%
  • Audio description 100%
  • Similarities 16%
  • Quality Assessment 16%
  • Learner perceptions 16%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Audio Description in Translation Studies: A Bibliometric Review

  Yan, J., Oct 2023, p. 31-32.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 31A - Invited conference paper (refereed items) › Yes › peer-review

  • Review 100%
  • Translation (Applied Linguistics) 100%
  • Audio description 100%
  • Bibliometrics 100%
  • Cultural Perspective 100%

• Investigating Interpreters in a Chinese-English Interpreting Class: A Corpus-based Study of Linguistic Features

  ZHAO, H. & YAN, X., 20 Jun 2023, p. 26. 1 p.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

  • Linguistic features 100%
  • Corpus-based study 100%
  • English 100%
  • Complementiser 66%
  • Discourse 33%

• Pietrzak, Paulina (2022) Metacognitive Translator Training: Focus on Personal Resources, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 213pp. ISBN 978-3-030-97038-3 (eBook) €85.59.

  CHEN, X. & YAN, J. X., 2023, In: New Voices in Translation Studies. 28, 2, p. 108-113 6 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 62 - Review of books or of software (or similar publications/items) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  39 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars)

• Women’s Diji Hairstyle in the Ming Novel Jin Ping Mei: Translating Beauty and Symbol of Power in Classical Chinese Literature

  Liu, M. & Yan, J. X., 22 Apr 2023, (Presented).

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 33 - Other conference paper › peer-review

  • Chinese Literature 100%
  • Beauty 100%
  • Ming 100%
  • English Translation 100%
  • Ming dynasty 66%

• 《二语写作中的反馈：情境和问题》评介

  张雅涵 & 鄢秀, Sept 2023, In: 海外英语. 2023, 18, p. 8-11

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 62 - Review of books or of software (or similar publications/items) › peer-review

• 口述影像培训研究: 基于语料库的分析（2004-2023）

  林苏 & 鄢秀, Oct 2023.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

• 语言服务促翻译人才培养口述影像助翻译多维研究

  Translated title of the contribution: Language Services Promoting the Training of Translation Talents and Audio Description Assisting a Multidimensional Study of Translation陈霞, 王淑婷 & 鄢秀, May 2023, In: 西北成人教育学院学报. 3 (总第165), p. 70-76

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

• 香港口述影像实践报告

  鄢秀, 周晓彤 & 罗康特, 13 Aug 2023, (Presented).

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 33 - Other conference paper
• 2022

  Audio Description Policies in the UK and Hong Kong: A Database-Driven Analysis

  Yan, X. & Lin, S., 11 Aug 2022.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

  • Laws and Regulation 100%
  • Hong Kong 100%
  • UK 100%
  • Driven Approach 50%
  • Policy Making 50%

• Chinese Audio Description Training in a Tertiary-Level Interpreting Program: Learner-Perceived Difficulties and Coping Strategies

  Yan, J. X. & Luo, K., 1 Dec 2022, 数字化国际中文教育 (2022). 李晓琪, 徐娟 & 李炜 (eds.). Beijing: 清华大学出版社, p. 461-476

  Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

  • Perceived Difficulty 100%
  • Audio description 100%
  • Coping Behavior 100%
  • Chinese 100%
  • Centered Approach 50%

• Foreign language anxiety and dependency distance in English–Chinese interpretation classrooms

  Yan, J. X. & Liang, J., 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 952664.

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Language Learning 100%
  • Cognitive Load 100%
  • Achievement Score 100%
  • Language Skill 100%
  • Foreign Languages 100%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  200 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars)

• From blended to virtual learning: insights from a language enhancement workshop programme

  Pan, J., Yan, J. X. & Zhang, J., 2022, In: International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation. 16, 3, p. 349-376

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

  • Virtual Learning Environments 100%
  • Electronic Learning 100%
  • COVID-19 100%
  • Technology Support 33%
  • learning design 33%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Introducing Audio Describer Training in University Interpreting Classes

  Yan, J. X. & Luo, K., May 2022, In: Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness. 116, 3, p. 425-432

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

  • Training Process 100%
  • Quality Assessment 100%
  • User Perspective 100%
  • Training Program 100%
  • Basic Human Right 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Poetic Allusions and Erotic Content: Investigating the Translation of The Peony Pavilion from Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives

  Yan, J. X. & Cheng, P. K., Jun 2022.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

  • Linguistics 100%
  • Allusion 100%
  • Poetics 100%
  • pavilion 100%
  • Source text 60%
• 2021

  Linguistic Features of Interpretese: A Corpus-based Analysis of Chinese-English Interpreting Products

  ZHAO, H. & YAN, X., Aug 2021, p. 45-46.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

  • Linguistic features 100%
  • corpus-based analysis 100%
  • English 100%
  • Corpus 66%
  • Spoken discourse 66%

• 作者口述影像的理论与实践

  Translated title of the contribution: Auteur Description in Audio Description: Theories and Practice罗康特 & 鄢秀, Aug 2021, In: 东方翻译. 2021, 4 (总第 72), p. 67-72

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

• 再造的镜像 —— 阿瑟·韦利的中国古诗翻译

  Translated title of the contribution: Chinese Poems Translated by Arthur Waley 郑培凯 & 鄢秀, Sept 2021, 天津: 南开大学出版社. (中国文化外译 : 典范化传播实践与研究)

  Research output: Scholarly Books, Monographs, Reports and Case Studies › RGC 11 - Research book or monograph (Author) › peer-review

  • Chinese Poem 100%
• 2019

  An investigation into audio description as Translation Studies: a pilot study

  Yan, J. X. & LUO, K., Apr 2019.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

  • Research Direction 100%
  • Semiotics 100%
  • Visually Impaired People 100%
  • Image Rendering 100%
  • Translation (Applied Linguistics) 100%

• Cognitive needs in different cultures: A comparison between the English and Chinese audio description texts in the movie Frozen

  Yan, J. X. & LUO Kangte, 16 Mar 2019.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

  • Cognitive 100%
  • Audio description 100%
  • English 100%
  • Interlinguistics 25%
  • Source text 12%

• Foreign language anxiety in English-medium interpreting and linguistics classes

  Yan, J. X., Nov 2019, 통번역과 과학기술 (Science and Technology in Translation and Interpreting). p. 48-53 6 p.

  Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

• 中国纵横: 一个汉学家的学术探索之旅

  Translated title of the contribution: Chinese Roundabout: 一個漢學家的學術探索之旅鄢秀 (Editor) & CHENG, P. K. (Editor), Mar 2019, 四川: 四川人民出版社. (史景迁作品)

  Research output: Scholarly Books, Monographs, Reports and Case Studies › RGC 14 - Edited book (Editor)

• 口译课堂中的外语焦虑问题: 中法本科、硕士班之调查

  Translated title of the contribution: Foreign Language Anxiety in interpreter training classroom: An investigation of undergraduate and graduate Chinese-French interpreting programs鄢秀, 20 Apr 2019.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review

• 新时代的翻译研究: 口述影像理论与实践的重要性

  鄢秀 & 罗康特, Aug 2019, In: 东方翻译. 4, p. 8-12, 24

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

• 翻译企鹅新版《论语译注》的省思

  鄢秀, Mar 2019, In: 东方翻译. 2, p. 51-54

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 22 - Publication in policy or professional journal

• 翻译的境界: 以史景迁系列中译本为例

  郑培凯 & 鄢秀, 26 Oct 2019, p. 45.

  Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 31A - Invited conference paper (refereed items) › Yes › peer-review

• 翻译评估: 基于语料库的香港大学生笔译错误分析

  Translated title of the contribution: Translation Evaluation: A Corpus-based Analysis of Hong Kong Tertiary Students’ Translation Errors鄢秀, 王红华, 刘和平 & 李端阳, 23 Dec 2019, In: 翻译研究与教学. 2, 2, p. 15-28 14 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

  • Hong Kong 100%
  • corpus-based analysis 100%
  • English 100%
  • Translation teaching 80%
  • Assignment 40%

• 论语: 英译及评注

  Translated title of the contribution: The Analects of Confucius: 英譯及評注鄢秀 (Translator), Jun 2019, 论语: 英译及评注. 广西师范大学出版社

  Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 45 - Translation of other's work

• 追寻现代中国: 1600-1949

  Translated title of the contribution: The Search for Modern China : 1600–1949鄢秀 (Editor) & 郑培凯 (Editor), May 2019, 四川: 四川人民出版社. (史景迁作品)

  Research output: Scholarly Books, Monographs, Reports and Case Studies › RGC 14 - Edited book (Editor)
• 2018

  Beyond the Landscape "of Light": A Review of Pedagogical Research Articles in Meta (2000-2014)

  Yan, J. X., Pan, J. & Wang, H., 2018, Research on Translator and Interpreter Training: A Collective Volume of Bibliometric Reviews and Empirical Studies on Learners. Springer Singapore, p. 77-98 (New Frontiers in Translation Studies).

  Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › Chapter in research book/monograph/textbook (Author) › peer-review

  • Research Article 100%
  • Educational Research 100%
  • Thematic Analysis 100%
  • Scientific Methods 20%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Conclusion

  Yan, J. X., Pan, J. & Wang, H., 2018, Research on Translator and Interpreter Training: A Collective Volume of Bibliometric Reviews and Empirical Studies on Learners. Springer Singapore, p. 191-195 (New Frontiers in Translation Studies).

  Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › Foreword/preface/postscript › peer-review

  • Review 100%
  • Journal Article 100%
  • Subjective 50%
  • Applied Linguistics 50%
  • Millennium 50%