
Welcome to HKTS
Incorporated on 6 October 1971, the Hong Kong Translation Society Ltd. is a non-profit making academic body with the object to enhance the bilingual standard and status of translation and interpretation in Hong Kong.
with translation bodies and institutions in Greater China and overseas. It has organized several international translation conferences in association with local and overseas tertiary institutions, with selected papers published to raise the professional and academic standard of translation.
It became a registered charity with the Hong Kong Government in 1991 and is the only organization for translation scholars and professionals in the territory.
As a member association of the Translators Association of China since 1986 and the Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs since 1988, the Society maintains close ties

Note: The Hong Kong Translation Society is an academic society; it does not refer members or potential persons for commercial translation undertakings. However, we disseminate information about job opportunities to our members from time to time.
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Message from the President
Welcome to this newly refurbished website of the Hong Kong Translation Society.
Half a century ago, our founders brought forth upon this city a new Society, conceived in fraternity, and dedicated to the cause of mutual exchange between Chinese and other languages and cultures.
The seven founders are Louis Cha 查良鏞, T. C. Lai 賴恬昌, Meng Ma 馬蒙, Stephen Soong 宋淇, H. H. Sun 孫述憲, S. K. Wong 黃兆傑 and Timothy Yu 余也魯, a league of fine men of letters subscribing to the inception of a “non-profit making translation society of a pure academic nature.” That was an era when English was the only official language in Hong Kong and formal translation programmes and professional recognition had yet to be established.

A lot has changed since 1971. Now a financial, cultural and information hub at the doorsteps of its motherland China, the city yields a nurturing ground and international market for talents with multiliterate and multicultural skills and boasts probably the highest concentration of translation-related departments and programmes in the world.
The development of the Translation Society over the past fifty years bears testimony to this fast-changing milieu. Its academic leaning persists, and the publication of its own refereed journal over the past twenty-six years has further consolidated its academic stature. Membership has grown remarkably to embrace professionals in various fields. Activities, community services and partner networks have strengthened and diversified. Funding and following have increased.
Now we are engaged in a great engulfing tide of digitization, mediatization and technologization that will increasingly transform the landscape of entire industries and disciplines, not least that of translation. We may be meeting with the worst of challenges, or the best of opportunities. So it is altogether fitting and proper that the Translation Society should take increased devotion to the cause of promoting the standard and status of translation in Hong Kong and fostering mutual understanding, respect, exchange and synergy between Hong Kong, China and the rest of the world.
Elsie Chan (PhD)
Executive Committee 2021-22
President Emeritus 榮休會長; Honorary Advisor 榮譽顧問 | Mr. T. C. LAI 賴恬昌 |
President Emeritus 榮休會長 | Prof. C. C. LIU 劉靖之 |
President Emeritus 榮休會長 | Prof. Serena JIN 金聖華 |
President Emeritus 榮休會長; Honorary Chief Editor of TQ《翻譯季刊》榮譽主編 | Prof. Leo CHAN 陳德鴻 |
President 會長; Chair of Editorial Board of TQ《翻譯季刊》編輯委員會主席 | Dr Elsie CHAN 陳潔瑩 |
Vice-president (External) 副會長(外務); Chief Editor of TQ《翻譯季刊》主編 | Dr LI Dechao 李德超 |
Vice-president (Internal) 副會長(內務); Honorary Secretary 義務秘書 | Dr Janice Jun PAN 潘珺 |
Associate Secretary 協理秘書 | Dr WANG Honghua, Anson 王紅華 |
Honorary Treasurer 義務司庫 | Ms. Candy WONG 黃紹顔 |
Membership Secretary 會員事務祕書 | Dr WANG Yan, Constance 王艷 |
Information Officer 資訊專員 | Mr. Max LEE 李滌凡 |
Associate Editor of TQ《翻譯季刊》副主編 | Dr LI Bo 李波 |
Associate Editor of TQ《翻譯季刊》副主編 | Dr LIU Kanglong 劉康龍 |
Scholarships Co-ordinator 獎學金統籌 | Dr SIU Sai-cheong 蕭世昌 |
Translation Competition Co-ordinator 翻譯比賽統籌 | Prof. Hui Ting-yan, Isaac 許定欣 |
Public Talks Co-ordinator 公開講座統籌 | Dr LI Wan Hay, Paul 李允熹 |
Committee Member 委員 | Ms. Ada FONG 方嘉敏 |
Acknowledgement
Honorary Legal Advisor 義務法律顧問 | Mr. Desmond CHEUNG 張德民 |
Honorary Auditor 義務核數師 | Mr. Kenneth T. C. CHUA 蔡天助 |
Directory of Honorary Fellows of the Hong Kong Translation Society
Date of conferment 頒授日期 | Honorary Fellow | 榮譽會士 |
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27/11/1981 | Mr. George KAO* | 高克毅* |
27/11/1981 | Prof. D. C. LAU* | 劉殿爵* |
27/05/1983 | Prof. HO Peng-yoke* | 何丙郁* |
27/05/1983 | Mr. Stephen C. SOONG* | 宋 淇* |
05/07/1985 | Madame LIN Tai-yi* | 林太乙* |
05/07/1985 | Prof. MA Meng* | 馬 蒙* |
26/09/1986 | Mr. T. C. LAI | 賴恬昌 |
26/09/1986 | Mrs. Gladys YANG* | 戴乃迭* |
26/09/1986 | Mr. YANG Xianyi* | 楊憲益* |
25/09/1987 | Prof. LIN Wen-yueh | 林文月 |
25/09/1987 | Mr. Frederick TSAI* | 蔡思果* |
07/10/1988 | Madame Nancy CHANG* | 張蘭熙* |
07/10/1988 | Madame YANG Jiang* | 楊 絳* |
08/09/1989 | Mr. CHENG Yang-ping* | 鄭仰平* |
08/09/1989 | Prof. GE Baoquan* | 戈寶權* |
29/10/1991 | Prof. Joseph S.M. LAU | 劉紹銘 |
29/10/1991 | Prof. LIU Ching-chih | 劉靖之 |
29/10/1991 | Mr. XIAO Qian* | 蕭 乾* |
29/10/1991 | Mr. YEH Chun-chan* | 葉君健* |
29/10/1991 | Prof. YU Kuang-chung* | 余光中* |
29/10/1991 | Prof. ZHANG Guruo* | 張谷若* |
07/10/1994 | Dr. John T. S. CHEN* | 陳佐舜* |
07/10/1994 | Prof. CHI Pang-yuan | 齊邦媛 |
07/10/1994 | Prof. Serena JIN | 金聖華 |
05/12/2001 | Prof. FANG Ping | 方 平* |
05/12/2001 | Prof. John MINFORD | 閔福德 |
05/12/2001 | Dr. Eugene NIDA* | 奈 達* |
02/09/2005 | Mr. LO Chi-hong | 羅志雄 |
02/09/2005 | Prof. PERNG Ching-hsi | 彭鏡禧 |
02/09/2005 | Prof. XU Jun | 許 鈞 |
24/11/2006 | Mr. HUANG Wen-fan | 黃文範 |
24/11/2006 | Mr. LUO Xinzhang | 羅新璋* |
24/11/2006 | Prof. Nigel REEVES* | 利富思* |
24/11/2006 | Prof. Laurence WONG | 黃國彬 |
01/12/2017 | Prof. Jane LAI | 黎翠珍 |
01/12/2017 | Dr. MA Yiu-tim | 馬耀添 |
01/12/2017 | Prof. David POLLARD | 卜立德 |
01/12/2017 | Prof. YANG Cheng-shu | 楊承淑 |
01/12/2017 | Prof. ZHANG Jinghao | 張經浩 |
* Deceased 已辭世