Valerie Pellatt

Valerie Pellatt is Reader in Chinese Translation and Interpreting in the School of Modern Languages at Newcastle University. A graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London, she holds a PhD in Translation Studies from Edinburgh University. She She has practised as a professional translator and interpreter since the 1980s, and since 2001 has taught conference interpreting, public service interpreting and specialised translation at post-graduate level....See more

Valerie Pellatt is Reader in Chinese Translation and Interpreting in the School of Modern Languages at Newcastle University. A graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London, she holds a PhD in Translation Studies from Edinburgh University. She She has practised as a professional translator and interpreter since the 1980s, and since 2001 has taught conference interpreting, public service interpreting and specialised translation at post-graduate level. Her research interests are translation paratext, Chinese children's rhymes and poems, and contemporary Chinese drama. Since 2012 she has worked with Chinese-speaking postgraduate students on the translation and performance of eight contemporary Chinese plays by well-known playwrights. See less