Esther Tyldesley
Teaching Fellow in Chinese
- Asian Studies
- School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 650 4464
- Email: Esther.Tyldesley@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Room 2.23
19 George Square - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9LD
Background
Esther Tyldesley has a BA in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MA in Applied Translation Studies (Chinese) from Leeds. She spent four years in Guizhou Province, where she worked at a rural teachers' college for Voluntary Service Overseas, and she still has strong links with that part of China.
Before coming to Edinburgh Esther worked as a translator, and her work includes "The Good Women of China" by Xinran. She works in both Asian Studies and Translation Studies, and has been teaching Chinese language and Chinese-English translation at Edinburgh University since 2004.
Research summary
Esther's research interests include translation to and from Chinese, contemporary Chinese literature, the teaching of Chinese language and southwest China.