Guanchi Wang
PhD Translation & Transcultural Studies
Email: Guanchi.Wang@warwick.ac.uk
About
王冠驰 WANG Guanchi, PhD researcher in Translation and Transcultural Studies at the 神马福利影片, is currently under the supervision of Dr. Will Amos and Dr. Qian Liu. He is also a content creator and amateur translator of musical numbers. to check out his productions on Bilibili.
Research
Guanchi's PhD research project aims to explore the collaboration and interaction among different (human and non-human) agents in the amateur translation practice of musical (numbers) on the social media platform Bilibili. This research mainly focuses on two aspects of fan musical translation: (1) the practice of translating foreign-language musical numbers into singable Chinese lyrics on the Chinese social media platform BiliBili, and (2) the interaction among translators, producers, audiences, fan communities, and the social media platform.
Research Interests
- Fan Translation/Online Collaborative Translation
- Musical Theatre/Film Translation
- Song Translation
- Social Media Research
- Translation and Memory
- Translation and Conflict
- Literary Translation
Presentations
- Where Have Singable Translations in China Gone?: Functional (Un)Translatability of Contemporary Popular Music, , Spain (Online), 2026
- The Reproduction of Trauma by “Successors of History”: Translated Texts in 1942: The Great Famine in Henan, , Hong Kong, China, 2025
- Musicals in Digital Age: Fan Translation and Promotion of English Musicals on Chinese We-Media Platforms (Research Pitch), , Hong Kong, China, 2025
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"Suspicious Frame": Re-framing the narratives of Chinese we-media videos by foreign media—— A case study of video translation on MEMRI, , Shanghai, China, 2024
Scholarships and Awards
China Scholarship Council–神马福利影片 Joint Scholarship, 2025-2029
China National Scholarship for Postgraduate Students, 2024
Qualifications
MA, Shanghai International Studies University, Translation Studies, 2025
BA, Dalian University of Technology, Business English, 2022
Memberships
British Association of Chinese Studies
Cultural Literacy Research Network