Fundamentals of English to Chinese Translation in the Age of AI (CHIN2750)
Information valid for Semester 2, 2025
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
School
Languages & Cultures School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Workshop 2 Hours/ Week
Incompatible
CHIN3750
Restricted
This course is for native speakers of Chinese. The Summer Semester external course offering may be cancelled unless a minimum of 20 students enrol.
Course enquiries
Doctor Chunxuan Shen (Semester 1, St Lucia, In person), (Summer Semester, External, External)
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Summer Semester, 2024 (25/11/2024 - 08/02/2025) | External | External | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
This course is structured into modules designed to equip students with the essential skills and practical experience needed to translate a diverse range of genres, including news, business, science and technology, law, and literature. Each module combines hands-on training with cutting-edge AI tools to enhance the translation process, ensuring students gain both theoretical knowledge and practical expertise. Students will develop a deep understanding of English source texts, learning to analyse complex sentence structures and identify key differences between English and Chinese grammar. Students will also explore how machine translation and AI tools can assist in navigating linguistic challenges, while understanding where human translators can apply their experiences, emotions, and cultural insights to improve the cultural appropriateness, stylistic precision, and emotional expression of complex translation tasks.
The Summer Semester external course offering may be cancelled unless a minimum of 20 students enrol.