Hedges in Chinese-English Conference Interpreting

Juan HU, Ph.D. in interpreting studies, is currently an associate professor and dean in the English Department of School of Foreign Languages of Guizhou Normal University. She is also a member of Translators Association of China. She conducted her Ph.D. research at the College of Foreign Languages and Cultures at Xiamen University with world-renowned reputation in interpreting studies, focusing on the interpreters’ role. Her research interests include interpreters’ role, corpus-based interpreting discourse analysis, and gender differences in interpreting product. Her recent publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as: Chinese Translators Journal, Babel, Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics, Journal of Beijing International Studies University, Translation Horizon, and Minority Translators Journal. She has been an active interpreter in some international conferences and a researcher in community interpreting in China.