Andrew K F Cheung
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1497791 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Andrew K F Cheung |
| PRENOMES | Andrew K F |
| SOBRENOME | Cheung |
| ASSINATURA | CHEUNG A K F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0848-1980 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 37 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The impact of AI adoption in the workplace on knowledge workers' career commitment
Students’ readiness for digital technology and perceptions of GenAI versus teacher feedback in interpreting training
This study adopts a cross-regional, task-based experimental design to explore interpreting students’ technology readiness and their perceptions of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) feedback versus instructor feedback. Using the Technology Readiness Index 2.0 (TRI 2.0) alongside a six-item feedback-perception instrument covering clarity, accuracy, and actionability, it fills a critical empirical gap in digitally mediated feedback for inte…
Converge or diverge? An entropy-based analysis of source language effects on linguistic simplification in multilingual simultaneous interpreting
Simultaneous interpreting (SI) entails complex cognitive processes, requiring interpreters to simplify linguistic output to manage cognitive and temporal constraints during real-time, cross-lingual communication. However, the extent to which the typological characteristics of source languages shape linguistic simplification remains underexplored. This study aims to examine the simplification hypothesis by analyzing simultaneously interpreted Engl…
Can sentiment analysis help to assess accuracy in interpreting? A corpus-assisted computational linguistic approach
This study explores how sentiment analysis, a natural language processing technique, can help to assess the accuracy of interpreting learners’ renditions. The data was obtained from a corpus consisting of 22 interpreting learners’ performance over a training period of 11 weeks and comparable professional interpreters’ performance used as a reference. The sentiment scores of learners’ output were calculated using two lexicon-based sentiment tools …
Simplification in interpreting
Simplification is a feature of translation universals that has been extensively explored in translation studies. In relation to interpreting, however, recent studies have predominantly focused on a single level and on languages from the Indo-European family, which raises the question of whether the simplification hypothesis holds across different language levels and pairs. In this study, we investigate the simplification hypothesis by using the m…
Testing the simplification universal in game localization
This study explores the universal hypothesis by analyzing game localization. Specifically, we compare the linguistic complexity of three popular video games: Black Myth: Wukong (China), Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Japan), and Red Dead Redemption 2 (USA). Using entropy and mean dependency distance as measures of lexical and syntactic complexity, we investigate whether localized versions (L2) exhibit simplification when compared with original (L1) g…
Assessing lexical and syntactic simplification in translated English with entropy analysis
This study investigates the lexical and syntactic complexity of translated and non-translated native English texts, with a particular focus on evaluating the simplification hypothesis in translation. Drawing on entropy as a quantitative measure rooted in information theory, we conduct a comparative analysis of two balanced corpora, each consisting of 500 texts, with a focus on how translation status and text type interact to shape informational c…
Exploring the impact of intermodal transfer on simplification
This study explores translational simplification in interpreted English from American Sign Language (ASL) and subtitled English from spoken French, compared to native English speech, using a self-constructed TED Talks Comparable Intermodal Corpus. By analyzing both lexical and syntactic complexity, the findings indicate that interpreted English does not exhibit a significant reduction in lexical density compared to native English speech. In fact,…
Rethinking Interpreting Training
This study investigates the influence of interpreting mode on learner performance and its practical implications for interpreting training. Utilizing a corpus of learners’ performance in Chinese‐English consecutive interpreting (CI) and simultaneous interpreting (SI), this study applies two entropy‐based measures, namely word entropy and part‐of‐speech (POS) entropy, to analyze the linguistic properties of learners’ output and the cognitive proce…
Language interference in Mandarin Chinese-English simultaneous interpreting
Cognitive load in remote simultaneous interpreting
This study examined the accuracy of place name translation during remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI) when interpreters were required to use a different variant of their native language. Participants, professional English/ Mandarin from mainland China, were divided into two groups: the Taiwan group, using the Taiwanese Mandarin variant, and the control group, using the mainland variant. The source speech consisted of three lists of place names…
Interactional metadiscourse in translated and non-translated medical research article abstracts
This study examines the linguistic and rhetorical characteristics of English medical research article abstracts (RAAs), a crucial medium for the global dissemination of medical information. Two corpora were compiled for analysis: the first consisting of non-translated English medical RAAs sourced from ten leading English-language medical journals, and the second of English medical RAAs translated from ten prominent Chinese medical journals. The f…
Syntactic complexity of interpreted, L2 and L1 speech
Listeners’ perception of the quality of simultaneous interpreting and perceived dependence on simultaneous interpreting
With the rise of the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF), the number of conference speakers and attendees who use English is increasing. Simultaneous interpreting (SI) into and from English may be provided at conferences to meet the needs of individuals with differing levels of English ability. This paper reports on the findings obtained from two sets of experiments that explored the link between listeners’ perceived dependence on SI and thei…
Interpreters’ perceived characteristics and perception of quality in interpreting
This study examined the link between listeners’ perceptions of the quality of interpretation and their beliefs about the interpreter. Two groups of Mandarin-speaking participants were shown a video of a speech by President Obama being interpreted into Mandarin Chinese by a non-native Mandarin-speaking interpreter. The participants in one group were shown a photo of a Chinese-looking man alongside the video and those in the other group were shown …
Non-renditions and the court interpreter’s perceived impartiality
This experimental study examined whether non-renditions are linked to the court interpreter’s perceived impartiality. A witness examination was simulated in three variations on a scripted role play, with consecutive interpreting between Cantonese and English. A sample of female Cantonese speakers, divided into two experimental groups and a control group, each played the part of the witness in one role play; the interpreter and the English-speakin…
Scapegoating the interpreter for listeners’ dissatisfaction with their level of understanding
Anecdotes abound on interpreters being used as scapegoats, but without hard evidence. The purpose of this study was to observe whether Cantonese-speaking listeners blamed the interpreter for unsatisfactory scores awarded to them in a comprehension test, after listening to a simultaneous interpretation (SI) into Cantonese delivered with a non-native accent. After answering twenty comprehension questions, all 173 participants were shown their score…
The use of reported speech and the perceived neutrality of court interpreters
A mock trial, with two-way consecutive interpreting between Cantonese and English, was used to test perceptions of a court interpreter’s neutrality when interpreting into Cantonese in reported rather than direct speech. Monolingual Cantonese speakers played the part of witnesses using the interpreter. Three groups were created: a control group (16 participants), receiving interpretation of all English utterances into Cantonese in direct speech; a…
Non-native accents and simultaneous interpreting quality perceptions
A controlled experiment measured native Hong Kong Cantonese speakers’ perceptions of the quality of three different simultaneous interpretations (SIs) into Cantonese. The SIs differed only in the interpreters’ accents, native in one case and non-native in the other two. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups, listening to the following versions of the SI: (1) native-accented Cantonese (control group); (2) Mandarin-accented Can…
The use of reported speech by court interpreters in Hong Kong
This is a corpus-based study that investigates instances in which court interpreters in Hong Kong deviate from using direct speech and the first person, notwithstanding the requirement to use both of these when rendering statements made by witnesses or defendants. Quantitative data indicate that court interpreters do adhere to this requirement when interpreting Cantonese into English, but deviate from it when interpreting English into Cantonese. …
Non-native accents and simultaneous interpreting quality perceptions
A controlled experiment measured native Hong Kong Cantonese speakers’ perceptions of the quality of three different simultaneous interpretations (SIs) into Cantonese. The SIs differed only in the interpreters’ accents, native in one case and non-native in the other two. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups, listening to the following versions of the SI: (1) native-accented Cantonese (control group); (2) Mandarin-accented Can…
Syntactic complexity of interpreted, L2 and L1 speech
The use of reported speech and the perceived neutrality of court interpreters
A mock trial, with two-way consecutive interpreting between Cantonese and English, was used to test perceptions of a court interpreter’s neutrality when interpreting into Cantonese in reported rather than direct speech. Monolingual Cantonese speakers played the part of witnesses using the interpreter. Three groups were created: a control group (16 participants), receiving interpretation of all English utterances into Cantonese in direct speech; a…
The use of reported speech by court interpreters in Hong Kong
This is a corpus-based study that investigates instances in which court interpreters in Hong Kong deviate from using direct speech and the first person, notwithstanding the requirement to use both of these when rendering statements made by witnesses or defendants. Quantitative data indicate that court interpreters do adhere to this requirement when interpreting Cantonese into English, but deviate from it when interpreting English into Cantonese. …
Interpreters’ perceived characteristics and perception of quality in interpreting
This study examined the link between listeners’ perceptions of the quality of interpretation and their beliefs about the interpreter. Two groups of Mandarin-speaking participants were shown a video of a speech by President Obama being interpreted into Mandarin Chinese by a non-native Mandarin-speaking interpreter. The participants in one group were shown a photo of a Chinese-looking man alongside the video and those in the other group were shown …
Scapegoating the interpreter for listeners’ dissatisfaction with their level of understanding
Anecdotes abound on interpreters being used as scapegoats, but without hard evidence. The purpose of this study was to observe whether Cantonese-speaking listeners blamed the interpreter for unsatisfactory scores awarded to them in a comprehension test, after listening to a simultaneous interpretation (SI) into Cantonese delivered with a non-native accent. After answering twenty comprehension questions, all 173 participants were shown their score…
Language interference in Mandarin Chinese-English simultaneous interpreting
Interactional metadiscourse in translated and non-translated medical research article abstracts
This study examines the linguistic and rhetorical characteristics of English medical research article abstracts (RAAs), a crucial medium for the global dissemination of medical information. Two corpora were compiled for analysis: the first consisting of non-translated English medical RAAs sourced from ten leading English-language medical journals, and the second of English medical RAAs translated from ten prominent Chinese medical journals. The f…
Non-renditions and the court interpreter’s perceived impartiality
This experimental study examined whether non-renditions are linked to the court interpreter’s perceived impartiality. A witness examination was simulated in three variations on a scripted role play, with consecutive interpreting between Cantonese and English. A sample of female Cantonese speakers, divided into two experimental groups and a control group, each played the part of the witness in one role play; the interpreter and the English-speakin…
The use of reported speech by court interpreters in Hong Kong
This is a corpus-based study that investigates instances in which court interpreters in Hong Kong deviate from using direct speech and the first person, notwithstanding the requirement to use both of these when rendering statements made by witnesses or defendants. Quantitative data indicate that court interpreters do adhere to this requirement when interpreting Cantonese into English, but deviate from it when interpreting English into Cantonese. …
Non-native accents and simultaneous interpreting quality perceptions
A controlled experiment measured native Hong Kong Cantonese speakers’ perceptions of the quality of three different simultaneous interpretations (SIs) into Cantonese. The SIs differed only in the interpreters’ accents, native in one case and non-native in the other two. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups, listening to the following versions of the SI: (1) native-accented Cantonese (control group); (2) Mandarin-accented Can…
The use of reported speech and the perceived neutrality of court interpreters
A mock trial, with two-way consecutive interpreting between Cantonese and English, was used to test perceptions of a court interpreter’s neutrality when interpreting into Cantonese in reported rather than direct speech. Monolingual Cantonese speakers played the part of witnesses using the interpreter. Three groups were created: a control group (16 participants), receiving interpretation of all English utterances into Cantonese in direct speech; a…
Scapegoating the interpreter for listeners’ dissatisfaction with their level of understanding
Anecdotes abound on interpreters being used as scapegoats, but without hard evidence. The purpose of this study was to observe whether Cantonese-speaking listeners blamed the interpreter for unsatisfactory scores awarded to them in a comprehension test, after listening to a simultaneous interpretation (SI) into Cantonese delivered with a non-native accent. After answering twenty comprehension questions, all 173 participants were shown their score…
Non-renditions and the court interpreter’s perceived impartiality
This experimental study examined whether non-renditions are linked to the court interpreter’s perceived impartiality. A witness examination was simulated in three variations on a scripted role play, with consecutive interpreting between Cantonese and English. A sample of female Cantonese speakers, divided into two experimental groups and a control group, each played the part of the witness in one role play; the interpreter and the English-speakin…
Interpreters’ perceived characteristics and perception of quality in interpreting
This study examined the link between listeners’ perceptions of the quality of interpretation and their beliefs about the interpreter. Two groups of Mandarin-speaking participants were shown a video of a speech by President Obama being interpreted into Mandarin Chinese by a non-native Mandarin-speaking interpreter. The participants in one group were shown a photo of a Chinese-looking man alongside the video and those in the other group were shown …
Listeners’ perception of the quality of simultaneous interpreting and perceived dependence on simultaneous interpreting
With the rise of the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF), the number of conference speakers and attendees who use English is increasing. Simultaneous interpreting (SI) into and from English may be provided at conferences to meet the needs of individuals with differing levels of English ability. This paper reports on the findings obtained from two sets of experiments that explored the link between listeners’ perceived dependence on SI and thei…
Syntactic complexity of interpreted, L2 and L1 speech
Cognitive load in remote simultaneous interpreting
This study examined the accuracy of place name translation during remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI) when interpreters were required to use a different variant of their native language. Participants, professional English/ Mandarin from mainland China, were divided into two groups: the Taiwan group, using the Taiwanese Mandarin variant, and the control group, using the mainland variant. The source speech consisted of three lists of place names…
Interactional metadiscourse in translated and non-translated medical research article abstracts
This study examines the linguistic and rhetorical characteristics of English medical research article abstracts (RAAs), a crucial medium for the global dissemination of medical information. Two corpora were compiled for analysis: the first consisting of non-translated English medical RAAs sourced from ten leading English-language medical journals, and the second of English medical RAAs translated from ten prominent Chinese medical journals. The f…
Can sentiment analysis help to assess accuracy in interpreting? A corpus-assisted computational linguistic approach
This study explores how sentiment analysis, a natural language processing technique, can help to assess the accuracy of interpreting learners’ renditions. The data was obtained from a corpus consisting of 22 interpreting learners’ performance over a training period of 11 weeks and comparable professional interpreters’ performance used as a reference. The sentiment scores of learners’ output were calculated using two lexicon-based sentiment tools …
Simplification in interpreting
Simplification is a feature of translation universals that has been extensively explored in translation studies. In relation to interpreting, however, recent studies have predominantly focused on a single level and on languages from the Indo-European family, which raises the question of whether the simplification hypothesis holds across different language levels and pairs. In this study, we investigate the simplification hypothesis by using the m…
Testing the simplification universal in game localization
This study explores the universal hypothesis by analyzing game localization. Specifically, we compare the linguistic complexity of three popular video games: Black Myth: Wukong (China), Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Japan), and Red Dead Redemption 2 (USA). Using entropy and mean dependency distance as measures of lexical and syntactic complexity, we investigate whether localized versions (L2) exhibit simplification when compared with original (L1) g…
Assessing lexical and syntactic simplification in translated English with entropy analysis
This study investigates the lexical and syntactic complexity of translated and non-translated native English texts, with a particular focus on evaluating the simplification hypothesis in translation. Drawing on entropy as a quantitative measure rooted in information theory, we conduct a comparative analysis of two balanced corpora, each consisting of 500 texts, with a focus on how translation status and text type interact to shape informational c…
Exploring the impact of intermodal transfer on simplification
This study explores translational simplification in interpreted English from American Sign Language (ASL) and subtitled English from spoken French, compared to native English speech, using a self-constructed TED Talks Comparable Intermodal Corpus. By analyzing both lexical and syntactic complexity, the findings indicate that interpreted English does not exhibit a significant reduction in lexical density compared to native English speech. In fact,…
Rethinking Interpreting Training
This study investigates the influence of interpreting mode on learner performance and its practical implications for interpreting training. Utilizing a corpus of learners’ performance in Chinese‐English consecutive interpreting (CI) and simultaneous interpreting (SI), this study applies two entropy‐based measures, namely word entropy and part‐of‐speech (POS) entropy, to analyze the linguistic properties of learners’ output and the cognitive proce…
Language interference in Mandarin Chinese-English simultaneous interpreting
The impact of AI adoption in the workplace on knowledge workers' career commitment
Students’ readiness for digital technology and perceptions of GenAI versus teacher feedback in interpreting training
This study adopts a cross-regional, task-based experimental design to explore interpreting students’ technology readiness and their perceptions of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) feedback versus instructor feedback. Using the Technology Readiness Index 2.0 (TRI 2.0) alongside a six-item feedback-perception instrument covering clarity, accuracy, and actionability, it fills a critical empirical gap in digitally mediated feedback for inte…
Converge or diverge? An entropy-based analysis of source language effects on linguistic simplification in multilingual simultaneous interpreting
Simultaneous interpreting (SI) entails complex cognitive processes, requiring interpreters to simplify linguistic output to manage cognitive and temporal constraints during real-time, cross-lingual communication. However, the extent to which the typological characteristics of source languages shape linguistic simplification remains underexplored. This study aims to examine the simplification hypothesis by analyzing simultaneously interpreted Engl…
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