Clara Ho-yan Chan

Clara Ho-yan Chan is an Associate Professor of the School of Humanities and Social Science, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. She received her PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia, MA and BA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and LLB from Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research interests focus on language and law, especially legal translation, legal terminology and bilingual law drafting. She is the author of two English monographs: Legal Translation and Bilingual Law Drafting in Hong Kong: Challenges and Interactions in Chinese Regions (London: Routledge, 2020); The Europeanization of Modern Written Chinese: The Case Study of the Changing Third Person Pronouns in the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Bern: Peter Lang, 2017), and three Chinese monographs under the Legal Translation Series (Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong): Key Terms in Company Law of Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan (2017), Key Terms in Tort Law of Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan (2015), and Key Terms in Contract Law of Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan (2014). The three Chinese monographs have been republished by the Bookman Books in Taipei during 2016-2018.