Reliving the Past in Dialogue: A History of Translation in Hong Kong

Launching Ceremony of the Translation Oral History Research Project Videos

cum

Conferment Ceremony for the Titles of President Emeritus and Honorary President

of the Hong Kong Translation Society

記譯猶新：對話香港翻譯史

「翻譯口述歷史研究項目」視頻發布儀式

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香港翻譯學會榮休會長及名譽會長頒授典禮

The launching ceremony of the Translation Oral History Project cum Conferment of the Titles of President Emeritus and Honorary President was held successfully at Hong Kong Baptist University on 10 December, 2022.

The Titles of President Emeritus and Honorary President were conferred respectively to Prof. Leo Tak-hung Chan and Mr. Foo-cheung Lo, JP, both of whom attended the event on site. The event also features a panel discussion between the eight honourable interviewees of the Translation Oral History Project, including (in alphabetical order) Prof. Nam-fung Chang, Prof. Serena Jin, Prof. John Minford (online), Prof. Joseph Poon, Prof. King-kui Sin (online), Mr. Chi-cheung Sung, Mr. Man-sang Tsang and Prof. Cheng-shu Yang (online), and their interviewers, Dr. Elsie Chan, Dr. Bo Li and Dr. Janice Pan of the Society. Prof. Stuart Christie and Prof. Mark Shuttleworth presented welcome and closing remarks respectively on behalf of Hong Kong Baptist University. The event details and speeches can be accessed from Reliving the Past in Dialogue - 10 Dec 2022 - Programme.pdf.

This phenomenal event features about 70 on-site participants and about 120 on-line participants. 

The project videos are now accessible via a dedicated video channel https://www.youtube.com/@translationsocietyhk/videos & https://hkbutube.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/ov/Reliving-the-Past-in-Dialogue-A-History-of-Translation-in-Hong-Kong-Highlight. The event highlight video can be accessed from https://youtu.be/JzNUEw9hpHI.