Translanguaging and decolonizing LPP: a case study of translingual practice in Macau
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Lili Han
Lili Han (Ph.D.) is Director/Dean and Associate Professor of the Faculty of Languages and Translation (FLT) of Macao Polytechnic University, Macau. Over the last decade, Dr. Han has lectured and conducted research in interpreting studies, acting as a trainer for the Conference Interpreting (Chinese-Portuguese-English) course in partnership with the DGI (SCIC) of the European Commission. Her research interests include interpreting studies, intercultural studies, language, and translation policy studies, interpreting testing & assessment, and computer-aided interpreting, all from a translanguaging perspective.
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Zhisheng (Edward) Wen
Zhisheng Edward Wen, (Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor at Macao Polytechnic University, Macau. Dr. Wen has extensive teaching and research experience in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, cognitive science, and translation studies. He has authored and edited volumes and journal special issues on working memory and language aptitude with Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, John Benjamins, and Multilingual Matters. His latest books include
The Cambridge handbook of working memory and language (CUP, 2022, with John Schwieter) andLanguage aptitude theory and practice (CUP, 2022, with Peter Skehan & Richard Sparks).
Abstract
The present paper aims to explore how the critical lens of translanguaging can shed new light on the decolonizing language policy and planning (LPP) issues in Macau. As an illustration, we analyze the Chinese translation of a Portuguese poem, Viola Chinesa, in tandem with the visual art piece by the contemporary Chinese artist Xu Bing’s Square Word calligraphy tailored-made for Macau. In particular, we argue that the visual art piece by Xu Bing represents a visual and ideological turn of translanguaging that creates a hybrid piece of calligraphy to reverse the imagery orientalism reflected in the original Portuguese poem. By physically tracing the alphabets through the characters, viewers can gain an embodied translingual experience, which encompasses the ideological negotiation that transcends the Portuguese language dominance. In this boundary-breaking artwork, we can discern the deterritorialization of the unequal language and ideology dominance. Above all, it is concluded that the emerging translanguaging as a political and decolonizing stance provides new insights to renegotiate with fossilized values and beliefs, which in return, contribute to the decolonizing LPP of Macau.
About the authors
Lili Han (Ph.D.) is Director/Dean and Associate Professor of the Faculty of Languages and Translation (FLT) of Macao Polytechnic University, Macau. Over the last decade, Dr. Han has lectured and conducted research in interpreting studies, acting as a trainer for the Conference Interpreting (Chinese-Portuguese-English) course in partnership with the DGI (SCIC) of the European Commission. Her research interests include interpreting studies, intercultural studies, language, and translation policy studies, interpreting testing & assessment, and computer-aided interpreting, all from a translanguaging perspective.
Zhisheng Edward Wen, (Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor at Macao Polytechnic University, Macau. Dr. Wen has extensive teaching and research experience in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, cognitive science, and translation studies. He has authored and edited volumes and journal special issues on working memory and language aptitude with Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, John Benjamins, and Multilingual Matters. His latest books include The Cambridge handbook of working memory and language (CUP, 2022, with John Schwieter) and Language aptitude theory and practice (CUP, 2022, with Peter Skehan & Richard Sparks).
Acknowledgments
We acknowledge our sincere thanks to the editor of Global Chinese (Prof Li Wei), the anonymous reviewer, and Dr. Brian Chan for constructive comments for revision. We also wish to thank Prof Richard Sparks for his meticulous proofreading of this paper. All remaining shortcomings and limitations are our own responsibility.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- “Our show is so twisted”: comparing impoliteness in Taiwan and Mainland China talk shows
- Translanguaging and decolonizing LPP: a case study of translingual practice in Macau
- 三主体言语社区：互联网时代的语言生活
- 普通话词语对港式中文的影响及表现
- 港式中文转述动词 “谓、指、话” 的共时状况与历时发展
- 马来西亚华语传承语的保守性—以虚词为例
- 教师视角下华小非华裔学生华语教学探究
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- “Our show is so twisted”: comparing impoliteness in Taiwan and Mainland China talk shows
- Translanguaging and decolonizing LPP: a case study of translingual practice in Macau
- 三主体言语社区：互联网时代的语言生活
- 普通话词语对港式中文的影响及表现
- 港式中文转述动词 “谓、指、话” 的共时状况与历时发展
- 马来西亚华语传承语的保守性—以虚词为例
- 教师视角下华小非华裔学生华语教学探究
- 马来西亚华语特有词语考察——以《马来西亚华语特有词语词典》为例
