Bulletin No. 1, 2024

Shanghai-born Professor Serena Jin Sheng-hwa and her family moved to Taiwan when she was in elementary school, and relocated to Hong Kong when she was in her second year of high school. She graduated from the Department of English at Chung Chi College in 1962 with a Joint Diploma (equivalent to Bachelor of Arts), followed by a master’s degree in arts from the University of Washington, in the US and a doctoral degree from the Paris-Sorbonne University, in France. Professor Jin started teaching at CUHK in 1965 and retired in 2005. She currently serves as Emeritus Professor of Translation and an honorary fellow at CUHK. She is also president emeritus of the Hong Kong Translation Society, and was awarded the OBE in 1997 for her contribution to the development of translation and bilingual culture in Hong Kong. She was also awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation Culture by the Translators Association of China this year. P R O F I L E Serena Jin Sheng-hwa Where the heart lives 34   Chinese University Bulletin | Serena Jin Sheng-hwa