Department of Japanese Language and Culture
Zhang Jing
Assistant Professor
Japanese Translation Teaching and Research Unit
jingzh@pku.edu.cn

Profile

I am an Assistant Professor conducting research in Japanese–Chinese interpreting, translation education, and Japanese linguistics. My recent work investigates cognitive load and technological support in interpreting, with a particular emphasis on AI-assisted interpreting and empirical approaches such as mixed-effects modeling and eye-tracking analysis.

Educational Experience

Ph.D. in Translation Studies (Japanese–Chinese Translation), Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kyorin University, Japan   Sep. 2014 – Mar. 2018

M.A. in Japanese Language and Literature (Japanese–Chinese Interpreting), Department of Japanese Language and Culture, Peking University, China   Sep. 2012 – Jul. 2014

B.A. in Japanese Language and Literature, Department of Japanese Language and Literature, Xiamen University, China   Sep. 2008 – Jul. 2012

Work Experience

Assistant Professor, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University

Sep. 2021 – Present

Boya Postdoctoral Fellow, Peking University

Jan. 2019 – Jul. 2021

Junior Research Fellow, Bunkyo University (Japan)

Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2019

Research Interests

•  Japanese–Chinese interpreting

•  Cognitive load and interpreting performance

•  AI-assisted translation and interpreting

•  Translation pedagogy

•  Japanese linguistics

Teaching Courses

•  Introduction to Interpreting

•  Consecutive Interpreting

•  Simultaneous Interpreting

•  Basic Japanese

•  Advanced Japanese

•  Japanese Listening and Speaking