[Edling] Employment opportunities_Research Assistant (Translation/Interpreting Learner Corpus)

[Jun Pan]

Dear Colleague,

Grateful if you can help to spread the news of the following recruitment
information.

Many thanks!

Best,
Jun

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Jun Pan (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor, Translation Programme
Programme Director, M.A. Programme in Translation and Bilingual
Communication
Hong Kong Baptist University
Tel:  852-3411-2259
Fax: 852-3411-7853
E-mail: janicepan at hkbu.edu.hk





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*HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY*



*FACULTY OF ARTS*



*Department of English Language and Literature*



*Translation Programme*



*Research Assistant (PR0060/18-19)
                                        *



The appointee will assist in a research project on translation/interpreting
learner corpus. Duties and responsibilities of the appointee will involve
but are not limited to a) transcription of speeches and/or other
information in English and/or Cantonese/ Putonghua; b) linguistic
annotation and analysis (e.g., error analysis) of transcribed speeches in
English and/or Cantonese/ Putonghua; and c) assisting in the development of
computer tools for corpus annotation and corpus navigation.



Applicants should possess a Bachelor’s degree and/or above, with some
post-qualification research experience. They should have a strong
background in at least one of the following areas: translation/interpreting
studies, corpus linguistics, applied linguistics, and/or education
research. Proficiencies in English and Chinese are expected. Previous
research experience, in particular working knowledge in learner corpus and
experience in data annotation, will be a plus.



Initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract of one year.
Re-appointment thereafter is subject to mutual agreement and availability
of funding.



*Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.*



*Application Procedure:*



Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU
e-Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk). Applicants not invited for
interview 8 weeks after the closing date may consider their applications
unsuccessful. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection
Statement can be found at http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/pics.



The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post
advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and
conditions then applicable at the time of offer.



*Closing date: 5 September 2018*


For more details, please visit:
https://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/index.php?page_id=6&job_id=4381&f=job_details

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