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Dr. Xiuzhi Liu serves as Associate Professor in Translation Studies (Mandarin & English) at the School of Education and English, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, where she has been a faculty member since 2008. Previously, she held an associate professorship at Beijing University of Technology (2007-2008), including a term as Head of Department. At UNNC, she founded the MA Programme in Translation and Interpreting and coordinated it from 2008-2014.
Her academic credentials include a PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Nottingham (awarded 2015) with the dissertation 'TRANSFRAMING: A NEW PARADIGM OF NEWS FRAMING THROUGH TRANSLATION', and a Master's degree in Translation from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (awarded 2002) focused on 'Translating for the Target Reader: Translation Project of Yuanming Yuan'.
Dr. Liu's research centers on sociocultural dimensions of translation, particularly media translation and framing theory. She pioneered the 'transframing' model that integrates journalistic framing with translation studies, as detailed in her 2019 Routledge monograph. Her work spans translation of cultural-specific items, city branding (especially Ningbo case studies), mobile translation pedagogy, and transnational fandom analysis. She actively investigates how translation shapes media discourse and urban identity in global contexts.
Recent publications (2022-2024) demonstrate her evolving focus on hybrid media systems, Chinese neologisms in digital spaces, city branding through visual media, and pandemic-era mobile learning. Her scholarship consistently bridges translation theory with media studies, urban sociology, and decolonial methodologies, revealing translation's role in power dynamics and cultural representation.
Her scientific recognition includes:
- Third prize of the 17th Ningbo excellent achievement award of philosophy and social sciences (2021)
Dr. Liu supervises doctoral research on media framing in global news agencies (Lukasz Nowacki), US-China diplomatic interpreting (Cora Chen, with Dr. Derek Irwin), and Belt and Road city branding (Xiang Li, with Prof. May Tan-Mullins). As Principal Investigator, she led the 'Ningbo Philosophy and Social Science Research Base' project (2021-2023), securing municipal government funding for social science research. She also mentors numerous MA students in translation and interpreting.
Externally, she contributes as Editorial Adviser for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Chinese Studies (2021-2023) and Senior Research Fellow at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies' Centre of Journalism Translation Studies (since 2019), while maintaining an active practice in conference interpreting for events including the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
