Revd Dr Jenny Wong Ogwuche

Dr Wong is an ordained minister of the gospel at the Glasgow Chinese Grace Church and an academic and lecturer. She  is Assistant Professor and Programme Director for MA in Interpreting with Translation at the Department of Modern Languages, University of Birmingham. Before joining the University of Birmingham, she taught translation at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Beijing Normal University-Baptist University of Hong Kong, United International College, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, among others. She has translated ten books on religion, health and finance as a published translator. Her current research focuses on the translatability of religious dimensions in English literature, including Shakespeare.  Dr Wong has served in several capacities and currently runs a cross-cultural training programme which helps churches, refugees, theological colleges and seminaries, among others, learn English through the study of the Bible. She also leads a Chinese church in Glasgow.

Dr Wong began her career in the financial industry, earning her first degree in finance. After realising where her real passion lies – languages, translation and cultures – she made a decisive career shift to study translation in the United Kingdom and has since then served in multinational companies and conglomerates, including BUPA and Philips Electronics as an in-house writer. Her current research interests in the study of  English literature and theology grew out of her two postgraduate degrees: MA in Translating and Interpreting (Newcastle, UK) and PhD in Literature and Theology (Glasgow). She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education. She is an academic member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting.

In terms of publications, she has published two books: The Translatability of the Religious Dimension in Shakespeare from Page to Stage, from West to East. Oregon: Pickwick, 2018.The  ACE Course: Learn Arts, Culture and English Expressions through the Bible. Hong Kong: SELBL Limited, 2010. She has also contributed to several journal articles and book chapters. Some of her journal articles and book chapter contributions include: “Significance of Women’s Involvement in (Re-)Translating of the Chinese Bible.” Parallèles 34.1 (April 2022), 106-119. “Bilingualism and the Acquisition of Idiomatic English of ESOL Students.” Journal of Christianity and English Language Teaching (forthcoming). “Translatability and Untranslatability of Religious Terminology: A Hermeneutic Perspective.” Terminology Translation in Chinese Contexts: Theory and Practice. Eds. Saihong Li and William Hope. London: Routledge, 2021. 87-10.

Dr Wong is married and lives with her husband, Rev’d Michael Ogwuche, in Birmingham.