Autor: Victoria Lai Cheng Lei

​ Defeng Li is currently a professor of translation studies and director of the Centre for Studies of Translation, Interpreting and Cognition (2014- ), University of Macau, Macau SAR. He was a reader in translation studies and chair of the Centre for Translation Studies at the Centre for Translation Studies SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom (09/2007–12/2013). His recent research has focused on cognitive approaches to translation and interpreting studies, corpus-assisted translation studies, translation curriculum and material development, translation studies research methods, and second language teaching.  Prof. Li is president of the World Interpreter and Translator Association (WITTA), an international translation studies association.