Lena Shiting Lu is a PhD candidate in Translation Studies at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. Her research is funded by AHRC Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership, and she previously earned her master of Translation and Interpreting from Peking University, China. Prior to doing her PhD, she worked as a product manager and a freelance translator and proofreader. Her publications include: The War on Covid-19: Stories from the Frontlines (Chinese to English, 2021), Verdi’s Shakespeare: Men of the Theater (English to Chinese, 2024), and The Tale of Beijing: History and Geography (Chinese to English, due 2025).