Organization
Faculty of Letters Associate Professor
Title
Associate Professor
External link
Richard DONOVAN
Degree
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PhD in Literary Translation Studies ( 2012 Victoria University of Wellington )
Research Areas
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Humanities & Social Sciences / Literature in general / translation studies, Japanese literature, English literature, comparative literature, stylistics, media studies
Professional Memberships
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New Zealand Asian Studies Association (NZASIA)
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Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators (SWET) Japan
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Japan Association of Translators
Papers
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Formulating a Postgraduate Textbook on Translating Modern Japanese literature
Journal of Literature in Language Teaching 13 ( 1 ) 2024
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Ambiguity in Japanese-to-English Literary Translation as Manifested in Kawabata’s Izu no odoriko
74 ( 1・2 ) 2024
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Highways and Shortcuts in Translating Japanese Literature: Revisiting Nida’s Formal and Dynamic Equivalence
( 11 ) 2022
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Neither Girl Nor Woman: The Lexical Identities of onna and musume in Izu no odoriko and Their Implications for Translation
( 10 ) 2021
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‘Brought to You by Our Sponsors’: The TBS Adaptation of Ishiguro’s Novel Never Let Me Go
Asia-Pacific Journal (online: https://apjjf.org/2018/14/Donovan.html) 16 ( 14.3 ) 2018
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Translating Five Types of Japanese Mimetic Expressions into English
65 ( 2 ) 2015
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Translating the Punctuation of Kawabata’s Izu no odoriko
( 43 ) 2012
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Decision-making and Disambiguation in Japanese-to-English Literary Translation: An Application of Game Theory
International Academic Forum, IAFOR Journal of Arts and Humanities 1 ( 1 ) 2012
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The Multiplier Effect – How I Maximize My Individual Impact on Environmental Issues
Medicavera, “Current Study of Environmental and Medical Sciences” 3 ( 1 ) 2010
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Looking Back at the Projector: Designing and Running a TEFL Film-studies Course
19 ( 1 ) 2007
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From Discussion to Debate in the TESOL Classroom: A Proposed Format for Debate
( 3 ) 2001
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Fuzzy Logic: A Case Study of Two English Translations of Japanese Mimetics in Kenji Miyazawa’s Ginga tetsudou no yoru
12 ( 4 ) 2001
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Issues in the Literary Translation of Japanese Mimetic Expressions into English
12 ( 1 ) 2000
Books
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Translating modern Japanese literature by female authors
（ Role： Sole author）
Cambridge Scholars 2025 （ ISBN:9781036442187 ）
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Recent scholarship on Japan: classical to contemporary
（ Role： Edit）
Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2020 （ ISBN:9781527543256 ）
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Translating modern Japanese literature
Donovan, Richard（ Role： Sole author）
Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2019 （ ISBN:9781527538429 ）
Presentations
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Rhetoric and Rhetoricity: The Power of Repetition in Japanese and English Literary Texts
12th Liberlit Conference 2025
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‘Brought to You by Our Sponsors’: More Than Cosmetic Changes in TBS’s Adaptation of Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go
New Zealand Society of Asian Studies 22nd Conference 2017
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‘It Is Happening Again’: Re-imagining in Mark Frost’s The Secret History of Twin Peaks
2nd International Conference on Arts & Humanities 2017
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A Novel Return to the World of Twin Peaks Invited
2017
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‘Let Me Go Home’: Re-‘Orienting’ Ishiguro’s Global Brand for the Japanese Market
1st International Conference on Global Studies 2016
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「90年代後半のイギリス」から「2010年代中期の日本」へ ―日本ドラマ化されたカズオ・イシグロの『わたしを離さないで』― Invited
関西大学大学院英語英米文学研究会POESIS 2016
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‘Please Eat if Burnt’: What a Naïve Translation Reveals About Japanese and English
New Zealand Society of Asian Studies 21st Conference 2015
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Overall Linguistic Differences between Japanese and English and Their Implications for Translation Invited
Comparative Asian Research Network, Monthly Lecture Series, Dept. of Japanese Studies special lecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong 2013
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‘A Beginning Is a Delicate Time’ – Challenges in Translating Literature between Japanese and English
2nd Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship 2012
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NVivo in Vitro: Using a Database to Explore Literary Translation Issues Invited
School of European and Asian Languages invited talk 2010
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Dances With Girls: Translating Kawabata’s Izu no odoriko
Asia Pacific Week 2nd Conference, Australia National University 2009
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Same Board, Different Game: The Quandary of Disambiguation in Kawabata’s Izu no odoriko
New Zealand Society of Asian Studies 18th Conference 2009
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Highways and Shortcuts: Translating Japanese literature
Symposium, School of European and Asian Languages, Victoria University of Wellington 2008
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Class Project(ion): Teaching TEFL Film Studies
Engaged Pedagogy Association 3rd Conference 2005
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Echoes Across the Valley: Translating Voice(s) in Kenji Miyazawa’s Short Story “Tani” Invited
School of European and Asian Languages invited talk, Victoria University of Wellington
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Living in the Real World: Using Classroom Simulations for Environmental Awareness in a Business-English Context
Peace as a Global Language 4th Conference
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‘An Orphan by Nature’: Japanese–English Culturo-linguistic Differences and the Issues for Translation Transformations in Izu no odoriko
“Writing Past Each Other” conference, Victoria University of Wellington
Awards
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Grand Prize (English)
2021 5th JLPP Translation Competition
Academic Activities
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Editor, IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
Role(s)： Supervision (editorial)
2013.4 - 2019.3