Binhua Wang

Professor Binhua Wang is Chair and Professor of Interpreting and Translation Studies at the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies, School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds, where he has been a faculty member since 2017. He previously held academic positions at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, where he served as Associate Professor and Head of Department. He is an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists.

His educational background includes a PhD in Interpreting and Translation Studies and a Certificate of Training in Public Administration from Oxford University. He also holds a Training for Trainers Certificate from the European Commission’s DG Interpretation.

Professor Wang’s research focuses on interpreting and translation studies with interdisciplinary extensions into digital humanities, human-AI interactions, and cross-cultural studies of Chinese literature and culture. He has published extensively in top-tier SSCI/A&HCI/CSSCI journals and with leading publishers such as Routledge, Springer, and John Benjamins. His recent work explores metaverse interpreting, AI-assisted translation, and the sociocultural dimensions of interpreting norms.

His recent publications reveal a strong trend toward digital transformation in translation and interpreting, with increasing emphasis on technology integration, cognitive processes, and interdisciplinary methodologies. Keywords across his articles highlight core themes in translation theory, discourse analysis, and digital scholarship, with subfields ranging from AI-augmented interpretation to historical translation movements and cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting.

• Elected Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Linguists
• First Prize, China Ministry of Education Research Award (2024)
• AHC Partnership Award for Academic Supervision (2022)
• National-level Excellence Course Tutor (2007)
• Member, National-level Teaching Team (2010)

Professor Wang actively supervises PhD candidates and has co-supervised multiple graduates who have published in top journals such as Meta, Perspectives, and The Translator. He has served as external examiner at institutions including UCL, SOAS, Durham, and Beijing Foreign Studies University. He leads major funded projects, including a UK government-funded initiative on computational linguistics and an EU-funded platform for conference interpreter training. His research has been supported by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council and China’s Ministry of Education.

He is deeply involved in academic service, serving as Co-Editor of Interpreting and Society, Associate Editor of Frontiers in Psychology, and Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting. He sits on the editorial boards of numerous international journals and book series, and regularly acts as a reviewer for top publishers and academic rankings.