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Dr

Ester Leung

Associate Professor Of Translation Studies Chinese
Asia Institute
INTERPRETING STUDIES
RESEARCH METHODS
ACTION RESEARCH
language & linguistics
social sciences
social sciences, interdisciplinary
government & law
social sciences - other topics
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Ester Leung

 
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I am interested in interpreting studies in general with particular interest in legal and medical interpreting.
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Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works from 13 for Ester Leung.

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Empathy as embodied in medical interpreting: a case study of medical interpreter-trainees' turn-taking management

Nicole Lan, Sin Man Leung

Book Chapter  |  2022

Despite the ever-increasing need for patient-centred, multilingual communication in the healthcare setting, research and practices..

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Global Insights into Public Service Interpreting

Riccardo Moratto, Defeng Li

Book Chapter  |  2021

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Chapter 11. Medical interpreting as an emerging profession in Hong Kong

Ester SM Leung

Book Chapter  |  2020  |  Benjamins Translation Library

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Medical interpreting as an emerging profession in Hong Kong

ESM Leung

Book Chapter  |  2020  |  Benjamins Translation Library

Medical Interpreting (MI) as a profession is a recent development and has previously been implemented in Hong Kong (HK) on an ad h..

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The Jurisprudence and Administration of Legal Interpreting in Hong Kong (1966-2016)

Ester SM Leung

Journal article  |  2019  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE SEMIOTICS OF LAW-REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE SEMIOTIQUE JURIDIQUE

Legal interpreting and translation are some of the oldest and most frequently practised bilingual activities in Hong Kong. The pri..

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What Can a Bilingual Corpus Tell Us About the Translation and Interpretation of Rape Trials?

ESM Leung

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal for the Semiotics of Law

Since the enactment of the first Hong Kong bilingual ordinance in 1989, tremendous effort and resources have been put to translati..

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A converted interpreting trainer’s response

ESM Leung

Book  |  2013

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Interpreting Cantonese utterance-final particles in bilingual courtroom discourse

E Leung, J Gibbons

Journal article  |  2009  |  Interpreting

This paper examines an unusual feature of spoken Cantonese - the utterance-final particle - to see how it is deployed and rendered..

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Who is responsible? Participant roles in legal interpreting cases

ESM Leung, J Gibbons

Journal article  |  2008  |  Multilingua

Goffman (1981) provides the framework for the analysis of the different & 'participant' roles played by speakers in conversation. ..

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Purposes, roles and beliefs in the hostile questioning of vulnerable witnesses

ESM Leung, J Gibbons

Book Chapter  |  2007

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Language Studies
Communication
Curriculum and Pedagogy
International and Comparative Law
Other Human Society

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2017

Outstanding Leadership Programme, nominated awardee

US Embassy, Hong Kong
2014

The Best Knowledge Transfer Project

Hong Kong Baptist University
2013

Outstanding Teacher/Trainer Award for Social Enterprises

Home Affairs Office, HKSAR

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Associate Professor Of Translation Studies Chinese

Asia Institute

Education

DR

Lancaster University

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International Linkages

Hong Kong Lingnan University

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Baptist University

Hong Kong (SAR of China)