Guan RongZhen

 

Title:   Professor Master’s   Supervisor Highest   Degree: Doctoral Degree Research   Interests: Western Literature, Translation Studies, Linguistics E-mail:   guanrongzheng@163.com

1995: B.A. in English Education

2004: Guangxi University, M.A. in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, specializing in Translation Studies

2007: Sichuan University, Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and World Literature, specializing in Western Literature Studies

 

1995.6-2004.6: English Department, Guangxi Academy of Economics and Management. Served as Deputy Secretary and Deputy Head of the English Department.

2004.6-2021.11: English Department, School of Foreign Languages, Guangxi University. Roles included Senior Course Responsible Professor of the English Department, Associate Dean in charge of graduate studies and research, and Executive Associate Dean.

2021.11-present: Party Secretary of the International College, Director of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, and Director of the International Students Management Service Center at Guangxi University.

 

Undergraduate Courses：

      A Brief Introduction to Western Literary Theory

      Ethnic Culture and Translation

Introduction to Academia

      Advanced Translation

Graduate Courses：

      Non-literary Translation

      Introduction to Literature

      Introduction to Classic Authors and Their Works

 

Monographs:

1.  2017, A Study of G.C. Spivak's Theory, Fudan University Press

2.  2012, Studies on English Language Variants in ASEAN Member States, China Social Sciences Press

Translated Works:

1. 2016, Dying of the Light, Li River Press

2. 2014, Selected Traditional Zhuang Dramas from Beilu (Zhuang-Chinese-English Parallel Text), Guangxi People's Publishing House

3. 2018, A Century of Beiliu Ceramics, Li River Press

4. 2015, Graphic Design School, Guangxi Fine Arts Publishing

Textbooks:

1. 2017, Electronic Tools and Computer-Aided Translation, Jilin University Press

2. 2016, Translation for business and Trade, Commercial Press

Compiled and Edited Works:

1. 2017, Southern Visions: Foreign Language Studies, China Business Press

2. 2016, China-ASEAN Language Services and Research, Xinhua Publishing House

3. 2013, A Dictionary of English Academic Keywords (Literature Section), Guangxi Education Press

 

1. A Study of G.C. Spivak's Theory (Project No. 10BWW030), National Social Science Fund of China, completed with a good evaluation.

2. Market Analysis of Language Service Talent Demand and Training Strategies—Based on the Investigation of Services Provided at the China-ASEAN Expo, (Project No. JCY2018010) Guangxi Educational Reform Project.

3. Research on the Translation of Zhuang Classics into English and the Promotion of Zhuang Culture Abroad, Guangxi University Key Project.

4. Research on the Language Service Model for the China-ASEAN Expo, Municipal-level Horizontal Project.

A total of over 60 papers have been published, including 11 in core journals. Among the papers published in 2019 are:

1. "The Fall of Light: An Inquiry into the Multiplicity of Tragedy in Dying of the Light"

2. "Research on the Translation of Contemporary Chinese Keywords and the Construction of External Discourse Systems"

3. "The Presentation of 'Devils' in The Yellow Wallpaper"

4. "An Exploration of the Identity Crisis of 'Flappers' in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Short Stories"

5. "Music Narrative in Kazuo Ishiguro's Nocturnes"

6. "Study on the Characteristics of Idiomatic Expressions in Xi Jinping: The Governance of China and Their English Translation"

7. "Research on the Translation of New Diplomatic Terms Considering Diplomatic Parity—Taking the Report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China as an Example"

2018 Fifteenth Guangxi Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award, Third Prize in the Works Category

2017 Guangxi Higher Education Autonomous Region Teaching Achievement Award, Third Prize

2018 Chinese Association for Foreign Literature Studies, Teaching Research Section Outstanding Research Achievement Award, First Prize

Second Guangxi Translators Association  (FLTRP Cup) Outstanding Research Achievement Award, First Prize in the Teachers' Category

 

Member of the Educational Guidance Committee for English Programs in Undergraduate Institutions in Guangxi (2019-2022)

Executive Director of the Teaching Research Branch of the Chinese Association for Foreign Literature (2018-)

Board member of the Chinese Comparative Literature Association (2017-)

Member of the Committee for the Study of Foreign Discourse Systems at the Translators Association of China (2017-)

Vice President of the Guangxi Association for Foreign Literature (2015-)

Executive Director of the Guangxi Translators Association (2016-)

Expert of the Guangxi Development Strategy Research Association (2018-2023)