Biographies

Di Wu holds an MA in Translation Studies from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and a PhD in Education from The University of Auckland. His research interests include translator training, translator trainer professional development, translator trainers’ and trainees’ beliefs. He has published around ten papers in peer-reviewed international and Chinese journals, such as The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada, and Foreign Languages and Their Teaching.
E-mail: di.wu@auckland.ac.nz; allenwudi@hotmail.com

Lan Wei, PhD, is Academic Language Adviser for DELNA, The University of Auckland. Her research interests include individual differences in language aptitude, working memory, mechanisms of second language acquisition, and teacher education and development. Her publications appear in The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, and Studies in Translation Theory and Practice.
Corresponding author
E-mail: lan.wei@auckland.ac.nz; violaweilan@hotmail.com