Seminars
Periodically, guest lectures and seminars on topics of translation studies and translation-related areas of research will be organised specially for the MTI students. Other relevant guest lectures, seminars, and workshops arranged by the School of Humanities and other schools at NTU will also be introduced to the MTI students. The MTI students are encouraged to attend at least three seminars per semester.
Christianity, Translation and War
Speaker: Senior Professor Kayoko Takeda
Date: 16 October 2025
A city and its tongue: the forgotten world of Portuguese-Chinese translators
Speaker: Dr Jacob Fordham
Date: 9 September 2025
AI, Language, and the Human Touch: Navigating Speech, Translation, and Human-Computer Interaction in the Age of Machines
Speaker: Dr. Andreea I. Niculescu
Date: 9 April 2025
On Teaching Untranslatable Expressions: Cases from Chinese and English
Speaker: Professor Dániel Z. Kádár
Date: 2 April 2025
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Translation, Missionary Activities, and Lexical in Dictionaries: 19th-Century Straits Settlements and the Transmission of Knowledge
Speakers: Professors Chen Liwei, Kimura Hajime, Nagatomi Seiji, Sun Jianjun, Zhang Houquan, Chen Jie, En Shoumai
Date: 21 February 2025
The Impacts of AI on the Language Professions
Speaker: Professor Laura Burian
Date: 6 December 2024
Debating China in Translation: Reading Between the Lines
Speaker: Professor Michael Gibbs Hill, William & Mary
Date: 23 October 2024
MTI Translation Practicum
Speaker: Professor Catherine Jami, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Date: 10 October 2024
Translating Knowledge Between Europe and China in the Early Modern Age: Science, Language, and Empire
Speaker: Professor Catherine Jami, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Date: 9 October 2024
Translating Taiwanese Eco-literature: Geopolitical ecologies of language in a contested critical zone
Speaker: Professor Ian Rowen, National Taiwan Normal University
Date: 19 September 2024
Kongkee’s Dragon’s Delusion and Translation Beyond Dualisms
Speaker: Professor Lucas Klein, Arizona State University
Date: 30 August 2024
MemoQ Workshop
Speaker: Mr Marek Pawelec, MemoQ Trainer
Date: 27 March & 3 April 2024
Conceptualisation of Terminology Translation in University Regulations
Speaker: Professor Yvonne Tsai, National Taiwan University
Date: 5 February 2024
ChatGPT, anyone? Top Translation Industry Trends and What They Mean for You
Speaker: Mr Daniel Brockmann, Trados Studio
Date: 8 November 2023
Intensive 5-session course: AI and Machine Translation
Speaker: Dr Grandee Lee, MTI Part-Time Lecturer, NTU
Date: 17 - 20 May 2023
Reaching out to the migrants: Translation policies and ideologies during COVID-19 in Finland
Speaker: Professor Simo K. Määttä, University of Helsinki
Date: 28 April 2023
MTI Online Translation Practicum: Translating The Peach Blossom Fan
Speaker: Professor Li Wai-yee, Harvard University
Date: 31 March 2023
Around the World in Eighty Books: Worlding Literature in Translation
Speaker: Professor Song Mingwei, Wellesley College
Date: 3 March 2023
Freelance translator as an entrepreneur: How to manage your translation business
Speaker: Ms Ellen Singer, Co-founder of Aztech
Date: 24 February 2023
How Important is it for a Translator to Translate into their Mother Tongue?
Speaker: Ms Christina Ng, MTI Part-Time Lecturer, NTU
Date: 10 February 2023
Intercultural Dialogues: 40 years in Singapore through the eyes of a German
Speaker: Ms Renate Goh, Head of Language, Gothe Institute
Date: 10 February 2023
Sinology and the Translation of the Chinese Classics: Challenges Old and New
Speaker: Professor Martin Kern, Princeton University
Date: 8 September 2022