Recent PhD topics

Recently completed PhD theses

  • Freelance Translator Success and Psychological Skill : A Study of Translator Competence with Perspectives from Work Psychology (2012). Supervisor: Associate Professor Frank Austermuehl

  • The Role of Translation in the Production of International Print News. Three Case Studies in the Language Direction Spanish to English by Johnathan Brook (2012). Supervisor: Associate Professor Frank Austermuehl

  • Relevance Theory and the Reduction of Effort in Consecutive Interpreting by Ying Jin (2011). Supervisor: Associate Professor Frank Austermuehl

  • Translation of the Sicilianità in the Fictional Languages of Giovanni Verga and Andrea Camilleri by Ellen McRae (2011). Supervisor: Associate Professor Bernadette Luciano

  • Missionaries and Translation 1865-1934: The Transference of Concepts into Chinese by Stuart Vogel (2009). Supervisor: Professor James Bade

  • The Paradigm Shift in Bible Translation in the Modern Era, With Special Focus on Thai by Steve Doty (2007). Supervisor: Associate Professor Frank Austermuehl

  • Towards an Ethnical Linguistics: Repositioning the Translation Profession in a Global Environment by George Ho (2005) Supervisor: Dr Sabine Fenton

  • The Teaching of English Grammar and its Impact on the Linguistic Behaviour of Translation Students in Korea by Sue Ock Park (2005). Supervisor: Dr Sabine Fenton