Email

hariv@um.edu.mo

Tel

(853) 8822 8204

Office

E21-4081

Consultation Hours

Monday & Thursday

9h00 – 10h00

Hari Venkatesan
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Programme Coordinator – MA in Translation Studies (English – Chinese)

Introduction

Hari Venkatesan joined the University of Macau in 2005 and holds an associate professorship.  He also holds a permanent lectureship in Chinese from the University Grants Commission, India.  Hari has worked as a professional translator/interpreter for over twenty years.  He teaches translation for the media, translation of business/legal texts, consecutive and simultaneous interpreting at the undergraduate level and translation theory, interpreting and Computer Aided Translation at the graduate level.

Education

Hari completed his Ph.D. at the National University of Singapore.  He completed his undergraduate (B.A. Hons.) and postgraduate (M.A.)  at the Centre for Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, and obtained an Advanced Diploma in Chinese from Beijing Language & Culture University.

Research Interests

Hari’s main research interests lie in translation pedagogy and Computer Aided Translation.  His past research project involved designing a web-based platform to support collaborative learning of translation while at present he is working on a pedagogy that integrates currently available technology in the training translators of the information age.  He has supervised graduate theses both on translation studies and interpreting.  Key themes include Simultaneous Interpreter training, functionalist analyses of translations, comparisons of pre/post editing in Machine Translation and evaluation of MT and Translation Memory systems.

Courses Regularly Taught

Research Design and Writing (PG)

Theoretical Concepts of Translation Studies (PG)

Translation Technology (PG)

Theories and Practice of Interpreting (PG)

Introduction to the Theory & Practice of Translation (UG)

Consecutive Interpretation (UG)

Translation for the Media (PG & UG)

Translation of Legal and Business Writings (UG)

Conference Interpretation (UG)

Member of FTIM (Federation of Translators and Interpreters of Macau)

FAH Best Teacher Award (2018)

  • Venkatesan, H. (2023) Technology preparedness and translator training: Implications for Curricula, Babel, DOI: 10.1075/babel.00335.ven
  • Venkatesan, H. (2021) The Fourth Dimension in translation: time and disposability, Perspectives, DOI: 10.1080/0907676X.2021.1939739
  • Venkatesan, H. (2017) Teaching Translation in the Age of Neural Machine Translation, APLX 2017, Taipei.
  • Chou, C., Venkatesan, H., He, Y. (2016) Family resemblance in translation: A legacy
    revisited, Perspectives, 23(4). pp. 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/0907676X.2015.1057186
  • Venkatesan, H., Biuk-Aghai, R. P., Notari M. (2014) Collaborative Learning of Translation: The Case of TransWiki in Macao, Proceedings of The International Symposium on Open Collaboration. Berlin, Germany. DOI: 10.1145/2641580.2641629
  • Biuk-Aghai, R. P., Venkatesan, H. (2014)  “TransWiki: Supporting Translation Teaching” in Mustofa, K.,
    Neuhold, E., Tjoa, A.M., Weippl, E.R., You, I. Eds. Information & Communication
    Technology. New York: Springer. pp.31-40 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36818-9_4
  • Venkatesan, H. (2010) Wiki in Translation Pedagogy: A Case Study. Proceedings of FIT VIth Asian Translator’s Forum, Macao. pp. 304-335
  • Venkatesan, H. (2009) Teaching TM Systems: SDL Trados 2007, Journal of Translation Studies. 13 (1&2)
  • Biuk-Aghai, R.P., Kelen, C. & Venkatesan, H. (2008) Visualization of Interactions in Collaborative Writing, Proceedings of the 2008 Second IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies (IEEE DEST 2008), Phitsanulok, Thailand, pp. 97-102.