Professor Wang Jihui is an associate professor at Faculty of French and Francophone Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU). He holds a PhD from the École Supérieure d’Interprètes et de Traducteurs (ESIT) at Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle University. His research focuses on Translation Pedagogy and Translation Theory. He joined Faculty of French and Francophone Studies as a faculty member in 2003. He has taught undergraduate courses including first-year intensive French, second-year intermediate listening, fourth-year French-to-Chinese translation, and MTI translation courses. From 2006 to 2016, he served as an editor and deputy editor-in-chief of the journal French Language Learning (Apprendre le Français).
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Major research achievements:
Monograph:
Evolution Toward Meaning: Reflections on Translation in Early 20th Century China
Translated works:
- Disease and Medical Sociology (Sociologie de la maladie et de la medecine)
- Famine and Politics (Famines et politique)
- Marx’s Philosophy (La philosophie de Marx)
- Circular Economy: An Urgent Ecological Issue (Economie circulaire)
- Words as Weapons: A History of Intellectual Violence in the West (Le mot qui tue : une histoire des violences intellectuelles de l'antiquité à nos jours)
Textbooks and lexicons:
French Translation Practice 2 (Editorial Board Member)
Basic French Vocabulary
Academic Papers: Over 20 academic papers, including:
- "A Study on the Gradual Nature of Cognition in Translation" (Shanghai Journal of Translators, 2015(2))
- "A Proper Understanding of the 'Delegation' of Theory in Translation Teaching" (French Studies, 2012(2))
- "Non-Scientific Elements in Scientific and Technical Writing" (Chinese Science & Technology Translators Journal, 2012(4))
- "Cultivating Students' Dynamic Awareness in Translation through Scientific and Technical Translation" (Chinese Science & Technology Translators Journal, 2011(1))
- "Cultivating Students' Dynamic Approach to Translation: A Case Study of French-to-Chinese Translation" (French Studies, 2011(2))
- "Napoleon's Encounter with Chinese Coolies" (History Teaching and Research, 2014(6))
- "The Social Context and Reflections on the Revival of Arabic Language Teaching in France" (French Language and Area Studies, 2019(1))
- "The Strategic Crisis of France's Overseas Territories: A Perspective from the Predicament of Immigration in Mayotte" (French Studies, 2019(3))