scholarly journals Corrigendum

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-367
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
American Fiction ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Chinese Translation ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Phd Thesis ◽  
Sociological Studies ◽  
Science Planning ◽  
Huckleberry Finn

Jing Yu. Translating ‘others’ as ‘us’ in Huckleberry Finn: dialect, register and the heterogeneity of standard language. Language and Literature, 26(1); 2017: DOI 10.1177/0963947016674131 The following corrections apply: The author’s affiliation should be: Hangzhou Dianzi University/the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China The author wishes to include the following funding acknowledgement: The authors acknowledge support from Zhejiang Philosophy and Social Science Planning Foundation (浙江省哲学社会科学规划课题) [Grant No.15NDJC035YB], and the Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (教育部人文社科课题) [Grant No. 15YJC740124]. The author wishes to correct the ‘Author biography’ section as follows: Jing Yu is an associate professor of English in Hangzhou Dianzi University in China. She completed her PhD thesis on the Chinese translation of literary dialects in British and American fiction at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2016. Her thesis investigates how dialects in Huckleberry Finn, Tess and Pygmalion are translated in China, who did that and why. Currently she is interested in sociological studies on translators of literary dialect.

Open space office: A review of the literature and Hong Kong case studies

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Lawrence W.C. Lai ◽  
K.W. Chau ◽  
Stephen N.G. Davies ◽  
Locinda Kwan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Harvard Business Review ◽  
Facilities Management ◽  
Actual Design ◽  
Open Plan ◽  
Office Layouts ◽  
Sociological Studies

BACKGROUND: Open plan or open space office has become increasingly popular but those who promote the concept selfdom refer to health studies or workers’ perceptions of a change in office layout towards an open space arrangement. OBJECTIVE: To review the literature on open plan or open space office layouts in terms of facilities management (FM) with users’ perception in mind and to obtain opinions of users of open space offices of for a better appreciation of the FM issues. METHODS: A literature search of research papers from 2007 in journals using the keywords “open plan office” and “open space office” plus “health”, first in the titles then in the text, was carried out. Thirty-two of those papers, accessible by the authors’ institutions, were consulted together with 5 other works in the Harvard Business Review. The review consulted but excluded papers and reports published or sponsored by commercial firms that were in favour of open space layouts. Case studies were conducted by face to face meetings in confidence with workers in the middle managements of twelve Hong Kong organisations known as friends to two of the authors. Problems as seen by staff are reported and discussed. RESULTS: The literature review reveals that apart from writing that promotes the use of an open plan office layout, a host of scientific works point to the problems of perceived dissatisfaction with such a layout, the nature of the dissatisfaction tending to depend on the actual design. Most workers interviewed disliked the new style open plan layouts, which points to the necessity of consulting workers when such changes are contemplated, as well as monitoring the results of the change once it is in place whether against workers’ wishes or with their support. There is a need for a number of facility arrangements in making a change to open plan that ensures that worker needs for proper lighting, privacy, and indoor health will be met. CONCLUSIONS: If the aim of a change to an open plan arrangement is to promote collegial communications in office, the study sheds light on the extent to which such arrangements may not in practice be suitable for achieving the aim. It follows that further, more specifically sociological studies of workers’ job satisfaction and emotional health in open plan office settings would be worth doing.

Research on climate change adaption in cities, funded by ERCA

Impact ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (6) ◽  
pp. 20-22
Author(s):  
Masaru Inatsu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Planetary Science ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Simulation Data ◽  
Sports Science ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
Education Culture ◽  
The Impact

There is growing global concern over climate change and research is being conducted to investigate the impact this phenomenon will have on the world. To support this research the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has developed the d4PDF, the world's largest collection of simulation data about climate change. Professor Masaru Inatsu, from Department of Earth and Planetary Science at Hokkaido University, is working alongside Associate Professor Tetsuya Takemi, from Kyoto University, and Professor Hiroyuki Kusaka, from University of Tsukuba, in collaboration with a number of research partners from other leading research groups, to use this data to enable a better understanding of the impact of extreme weather on major cities in Japan.

A Review of the Validity of the General Health Questionnaire in Adolescent Populations

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 550-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J Tait ◽  
Gary K Hulse ◽  
Suzanne I Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
General Health ◽  
English Language ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Chinese Translation ◽  
Validity Data ◽  
Language Version ◽  
The Uk

Objective: To comprehensively review the validity of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) [ 1 ] with adolescents (aged 12–19). Although the GHQ has been extensively used and validated with adults and has been frequently used with adolescents, the validity data for this group are sporadic. Method: Systematic review of the English language peer-reviewed literature. Results: Eight studies were identified validating the GHQ with young people of which four included only adolescents and four studies involved young adults and adolescents. Of these eight studies, four used an English language version of the GHQ and four used a translated version. Conclusions: The GHQ has demonstrated validity with older adolescents (17 + years) from the UK and Hong Kong (Chinese translation) and with girls aged 15 in the UK, but there are few data for either gender, aged less than 15 years. Studies in Australia and Italy reported a high proportion of misclassified cases while the studies in Spain and Yugoslavia included some older subjects (20 + years). Therefore, the validity of the GHQ for adolescents in populations other than the UK and Hong Kong remains to be demonstrated. Implications: Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals need to be aware of the above limitations when using the GHQ as a screening instrument with adolescents. Further studies are required to: (i) determine the minimum age at which it can be employed, (ii) compare the use of adult versus adolescent criterion interviews, (iii) assemble relevant normative data, and (iv) establish the validity of translated versions.

English-Chinese translation of financial terminology in Mainland China and Hong Kong

Babel ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-360
Author(s):  
Clara Ho-yan Chan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Chinese Translation ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
1997 Handover ◽  
Translation Methods ◽  
Compare And Contrast

The main purpose of this study is to compare and contrast the English-Chinese translated financial terms of Mainland China and Hong Kong in light of the necessary criteria for special communication terminology, and explore the feasibility of standardisation. Some distinctive linguistic properties and translation methods of the two regions’ Chinese financial terminology will be illustrated based on data from an industry glossary and major bank annual reports. The present situation is that Mainland China and Hong Kong display both similarities and differences in their Chinese translation of financial terms. With the increasing contact since the 1997 handover, the two regions appear to have been influencing each other, especially in that Mainland China has been adopting Hong Kong’s Chinese translations. In view of the fact that some translation scholars and practitioners advocate the standardisation of Chinese financial terminology in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan for the sake of better economic development, this paper outlines the main properties of the two regions’ terminologies and evaluates how such standardisation might possibly proceed. Limited research has been done with regard to the translation of Chinese financial terminology and this exploratory study will fill that gap and attract similar studies in the translation and terminology fields.

Language and Literature Division, Faculty of Education, Hong Kong University

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-112
Author(s):  
XIE Qin ◽  
Stephen Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Full Time ◽  
School Based ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
The Impact

The Language and Literature Division (LLD) is the largest of the six divisions of the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong (HKU). It is currently home to 34 academic staff, who specialize either in the fields of Chinese Language, English Language and/or Literature Education, and to 60 full-time and 28 part-time doctoral students, who are researching a wide range of topics including subjects as diverse as corpus-aided language learning, task-based language teaching in primary schools, the English writing of Chinese undergraduates, and the impact of school-based assessment. Staff are very active in conducting their own research, much of which is rooted in classrooms and focuses on issues that directly concern the teaching and learning of languages, such as reading literacy, school-based assessment and assessment for learning in English Language, the teaching of Chinese characters, and good practices in English Language Teaching in Hong Kong secondary schools (see http://good-practices.edb.hkedcity.net/). Colleagues in the English Language area have played important roles in the HKU Strategic Research Theme ‘Language in education and assessment’. This initiative brought together staff from a range of disciplines in various forms of language-related research collaboration, culminating in two large and highly successful international conferences in June 2008: one focusing on language awareness and the other on language issues in English-medium universities (see http://www.hku.hk/clear/).

scholarly journals Hong Kong’s Stand-off: Indigenous Dynamics and International Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-150
Author(s):  
A. I. Salitskii ◽  
A. V. Vinogradov
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Youth Movements ◽  
Universal Suffrage ◽  
Election System ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Law ◽  
Sociological Studies

In February 2019, Administration of Hong Kong initiated Extradition Bill, which sparked mass protests in June. The scale of the protests was unprecedented in the history of the SAR and resulted in violent clashes between police force and young radicals organized by ‘localist’ groups. The authors present a short history of interaction between pro-Beijing and pan-democratic camps in the territory concentrated on the reform of the election system of the SAR. They conclude that exacerbation of the political stand-off in Hong Kong started in 2007 when the authorities promised a possible transit to universal suffrage in 2017. The demands for this transit were not satisfied in 2014 leading to ‘Umbrella revolution’ – the first manifestation of radical youth movements. Detecting the causes of the conflict the authors look into the concept of ‘Hong Kong identity’ as opposed to ‘Chinese identity’ popular in sociological studies of the public opinion in the SAR. They try to investigate other reasons for the growing distress and protests of young generation of Hongkongers, both indigenous and exogenous. The latter correlate strongly with a general trend towards deterioration in Sino-American relations. A wide picture showing interference of the US in Hong Kong’s political life and instigation of protests in 2019-2020 is presented. In the stormy 2020, however, political situation in Hong Kong became more stable following adoption of the Law on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong by the China’s parliament in late June. Closing some loopholes in the SAR legislation the Law facilitates the fight with radical groups. Still, a major healing in interaction of pan-democrats and loyalists is ahead to address gloomy economic and social situation in the territory.

scholarly journals Contributors

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dougal McNeill
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
English Language ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Senior Lecturer ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
The University

Introduction  Dougal McNeill is a Senior Lecturer, School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies Shintaro Kono is an Associate Professor at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo. Alistair Murray is a graduate student in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago.

scholarly journals Cluster Preface: Organosulfur and Organoselenium Compounds in Catalysis

Synlett ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (14) ◽  
pp. 1643-1645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying-Yeung Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Asymmetric Catalysis ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Natural Product Synthesis ◽  
Full Professor ◽  
Organoselenium Compounds ◽  
Methodology Development ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
National University ◽  
The Usa

Ying-Yeung Yeung received his B.Sc. (2001) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He continued his graduate research at the same university under the supervision of Prof. Tony K. M. Shing. After four years (2001–2005) of research dedicated toward natural product synthesis, he moved to the USA to conduct postdoctoral research with Prof. E. J. Corey at Harvard University (2005–2008). In 2008, he joined the National University of Singapore, Department of Chemistry. In 2015, he moved to The Chinese University of Hong Kong as an associate professor. He has been the department chairman (since 2016) and a full professor (since 2019). His research interests include asymmetric catalysis, green oxidation, and methodology development.

Validity and Reliability of the Chinese Translation of Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Dong Liu ◽  
Pak Kwong Chung ◽  
Yanping Duan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Chinese Translation ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Nomological Validity

The current study examined some psychometric properties of the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale (BPNES; Vlachopoulos & Michailidou, 2006 ) in a group of Chinese university students in Hong Kong. A total of 460 undergraduate students were invited to take part in this study. We examined the factorial validity, discriminant validity, nomological validity, internal reliability, and measurement invariance across sex of a Chinese translation of the BPNES. The findings demonstrated that the scale had a good factorial validity and satisfactory internal reliability. Measurement invariance analysis indicated that the factor loadings and factor variance as well as covariance of measurement structure were invariant across male and female participants. Nomological validity was supported by the results of SEM analysis. Overall, the current study provided initial evidence for the validity and reliability of a Chinese translation of BPNES, and suggested that this scale could be used to measure satisfaction of psychological needs in the exercise field of Hong Kong undergraduate students.

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