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Dr Maggie Hui

Dr Maggie Ting-ting HUI (許婷婷)

Teaching Fellow

Biography

Maggie Hui’s work focuses on translator and interpreter education, risk management in translation, and technology‑enhanced workflows (CAT, PEMT, AI) supported by self‑directed e‑learning platforms. She received faculty and departmental teaching excellence awards, and was a team awardee of the Faculty Awards for Outstanding Performance/Achievement (Services) in the Faculty of Humanities. She serves as CATTI (HK) Manager and as a CATTI Test Marker responsible for close‑loop marking and standards assurance. Hui leads internal T&L projects to build interpreting and language mediation platforms, collaborates with industry practitioners to enrich the curriculum, teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and presents on assessment design, AI/CAT integration, and translator risk management.

Education and Academic Qualifications

  • PhD (pass with distinction) in Translation and Intercultural Studies, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
  • Research Master’s in Translation and Intercultural Studies, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Education (English Language – Secondary), The University of Hong Kong
  • Master of Arts in Chinese Politics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Master of Arts in Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in Translation, Lingnan University

Academic and Professional Experience

  • Jan 2015 - Present
    Teaching Fellow, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies / Language Science & Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Feb 2023 - Present
    CATTI Test Marker (Interpreting), CATTI Management Center, China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration (中国外文局; China International Communications Group, CICG)
  • Lecturer, Division of Languages and Communication, Community College of City University of Hong Kong
  • Instructor, School of Continuing Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Assistant Manager, Content Resources, The South China Morning Post
  • Senior ELT Editor; ELT Editor, Classroom Publications Ltd
  • Freelance Media Editor, Hugo Boss
  • Freelance Editor & Translator, Ming Pao Publications Ltd

Teaching Areas

  • Postgraduate (PolyU): CBS564 Translation: Discourse and the Translator; CBS568 Advanced Translation; CBS584 Advanced Translation in Business and Commerce; CBS579 MATI Dissertation supervision.
  • Undergraduate (PolyU): CBS1C06 Translation and Chinese Society; CBS4842 Introduction to Literary Translation; CBS4701 Capstone Project: Translation; CBS3802 Introduction to Interpreting; CBS3842 Consecutive Interpreting; CBS1401 Introduction to Translation.
  • Sub-degree/Top-up (CCCU/UCLan partnership and CCCU): Courses in interpreting, translation for media and public services, translation workshops, integrated projects, and English communication/linguistics subjects.

Research Interests

  • Translator and Interpreter Training
  • Technology-Enhanced T&I (CAT, PEMT, AI-Assisted Workflows)
  • Self-Directed Learning and E-Learning Platforms
  • Risk Management in Translation

Selected Publications

  • Hui, M. (2026). A constraints-first approach to CAT and generative AI in translator education: A simulated client project in a master’s course. In K. Takeda, E. Torres-Simón, D. Orrego-Carmona, N. Ayvazyan, & B. Hu (Eds.), Translation research projects 6: A tribute to Anthony Pym, 75–96. Intercultural Studies Group, Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
  • Hui, M. (2019a). Deployment of an e-platform for interpreting novices’ self-directed learning. trans-kom, 12(1), 52 –75. http://hdl.handle.net/10397/97904
  • Hui, M. (2019b). A focus-group study: Students’ perceived benefits from learning with practitioners’ note-taking and consecutive interpreting demonstration videos. Current Trends in Translation Teaching and Learning E (CTTL E), 6, 105-159. Article 4. http://hdl.handle.net/10397/88840
  • Hui, M. (2025, April 24). AI 进军翻译,人以个性需求为核创价值: Creating value through customized translation: The human role in the AI era [Online public lecture]. AI 浪潮与翻译的前沿讲座:十堂必修课, CBS TI Team.
  • Hui, M. (2024, June 13). Empowering translation students: A collaborative and technological approach using AI and CAT tools in education [Conference presentation]. AI-Driven Dynamics: Charting the Course for Translation and Interpreting Certification, Services, and Education (与AI同行,共创翻译与口译的明天:认证,服务,教育研讨会), CBS Centre for Translation Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, with support from the CATTI Management Center of China

Selected Funded Research Projects

  • 2025 - Present
    Principal Investigator, Strategic AI integration to elevate interpreting competence and refine evaluation skills on an interpreter‑training e‑platform. CBS Learning & Teaching Grant 2023/24 (Internal)
  • 2024 - Present
    Principal Investigator, Enhancing post‑editing acumen in translation education: Combining veteran insights with AI tools. Dean’s Reserve (Teaching & Learning) Category B (Internal)
  • 2021 - 2023
    Principal Investigator, Preparing students, via a language‑mediation e‑platform, for commissioner‑oriented translation and PEMT. Dean’s Reserve (Teaching & Learning) Category B (Internal)
  • 2020 - 2022
    Principal Investigator, Preparing students for real‑world interpreting: Lessons from practitioners’ consecutive interpreting in specialized settings. CBS Learning & Teaching Grant (Internal)
  • 2019 - 2021
    Principal Investigator, An online learning site to increase students’ bilingual competence and encourage self‑directed learning. CBS Learning & Teaching Grant (Internal)
  • 2018 - 2020
    Principal Investigator, A social‑constructivist subtitle translation project to cultivate translator competence. CBS Learning & Teaching Grant (Internal)
  • 2017 - 2019
    Principal Investigator, Be a self‑directed and reflective/reflexive learner: Lessons from practitioners’ note‑taking and interpreting. Dean’s Reserve (Teaching & Learning) Category B (Internal)
  • 2016 - 2019
    Principal Investigator, Catering for the needs of students taking introductory and intermediate interpreting courses: An e‑platform for novices’ self‑directed learning. Teaching Development Grant (TDG), Smaller‑scale Project (Internal)

Esteem Measures

  • 2025
    Faculty Awards for Outstanding Performance/Achievement (Services – Team)
  • 2022
    FH Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence (Individual)
  • 2017
    CBS Department Teaching Excellence Award (Individual) 

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