Dr. Lintao (Rick) Qi is Lecturer of Translation Studies at Monash University. Rick completed his PhD research at Monash University in 2015 on Australia’s prestigious APA/IPRS scholarship. His current research interests include all aspects of literary translation theory and practice with a special focus on English translations of Chinese literature, and on the reception of Australian literature in China through translation. He is the author of Jin Ping Mei English Translations: Texts, Paratexts, and Contexts (Routledge, 2018) and co-editor of A Century of Chinese Literature in Translation: English Publication and Reception (Routledge, 2020). Rick is a NAATI-certified translator, National Education Committee member of AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators), committee member of AALITRA (Australian Association for Literary Translation), and editor of The Aalitra Review.

Accepting PhD students.

Current supervision interests include: 

• Literary translation; translation and cultural diplomacy
• Chinese literature and culture
• Gender and sexuality studies
• Book history and censorship