On May 17 2019, the opening ceremony of 2019 ZJU-HKU Summer Program on “Tourism, Literature, and Translation” was held at Room 227, East Building 6, on Zijingang Campus of Zhejiang University (ZJU). The program, with support from Faculty of Arts of HKU and School of International Studies (SIS) of ZJU, was hosted by the SIS, sponsored by Institute of Translation Studies, Chinese Academy of Translation and Translation Studies, and the Department of Language and Translation. Focusing on tourism, literature, and translation, the program was a perfect integration of lectures and field trips.
The opening ceremony was presided over by Lu Qiaodan, deputy director to the Department of Language and Translation. Attendees at the ceremony were Professor Yu Wenzhang, Mr. Zeng Jiayao, Prof. Fang Fan, vice dean of the SIS, director Guo Guoliang and deputy director Xu Xueying to the Institute of Translation Studies, and all students in the program.
Professor Fang Fan extended her warm welcome to students and teachers from HKU. After giving a brief introduction to the agenda and activities of the program, she expressed her hopethat all the students could learn about Zhejiang’s local customs and practices, food culture, tourism literature, integrate translation theories with practice, and finally have a better understanding of tourism literature and translation.
Prof. Guo Guoliang clarified program as a combination of tourism, literature, and translation. He acknowledged the achievement of the 2018 Summer Program and expressed his wish for more academic exchanges between two schools in the future.
Professor Yu Wenzhang reiterated the goals of the program, that is, to enable HKU students to know the differences in translation teaching and research, key translation researches for universities in mainland China, as well as to promote communication and friendship with the counterparts from ZJU.
Wang Gengcheng, a representative student from HKU, expressed his understanding of tourism, cultural exchanges, and the summer program. Taking this program as an opportunity, he expressed his expectation about lectures and field trips in the next two weeks.
School of International Studies of ZJU
Institute of Translation Studies of ZJU
Department of Language and Translation of ZJU
May 27, 2019
Translated by Cai Sihui and Zheng Wenhui
Edited by Xu Xueying
