Guanchi Wang

PhD Translation & Transcultural Studies

About

王冠驰 WANG Guanchi, PhD researcher in Translation and Transcultural Studies at the University of Warwick, is currently under the supervision of Dr. Will Amos and Dr. Qian Liu. He is also a content creator and amateur translator of musical numbers. Click here to check out his productions on Bilibili.

Research

Guanchi's PhD research project aims to explore the collaboration and interaction among different (human and non-human) agents in the amateur translation practice of musical (numbers) on the social media platform Bilibili. This research mainly focuses on two aspects of fan musical translation: (1) the practice of translating foreign-language musical numbers into singable Chinese lyrics on the Chinese social media platform BiliBili, and (2) the interaction among translators, producers, audiences, fan communities, and the social media platform.

Research Interests

Fan Translation/Online Collaborative Translation
Musical Theatre/Film Translation
Song Translation
Social Media Research
Translation and Memory
Translation and Conflict
Literary Translation

Presentations

Where Have Singable Translations in China Gone?: Functional (Un)Translatability of Contemporary Popular Music, LYRICS & CRAFTS III International Congress on Song Dubbing & Translation for Musical Theatre, Spain (Online), 2026
The Reproduction of Trauma by “Successors of History”: Translated Texts in 1942: The Great Famine in Henan, The 11th Asia-Pacific Translation and Interpreting Forum, Hong Kong, China, 2025
Musicals in Digital Age: Fan Translation and Promotion of English Musicals on Chinese We-Media Platforms (Research Pitch), The 11th Media for All Conference, Hong Kong, China, 2025
"Suspicious Frame": Re-framing the narratives of Chinese we-media videos by foreign media—— A case study of video translation on MEMRI, Translation Research Summer School, SISU Baker Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, Shanghai, China, 2024

Scholarships and Awards

China Scholarship Council–University of Warwick Joint Scholarship, 2025-2029

China National Scholarship for Postgraduate Students, 2024

Qualifications

MA, Shanghai International Studies University, Translation Studies, 2025

BA, Dalian University of Technology, Business English, 2022

Memberships

British Association of Chinese Studies

Cultural Literacy Research Network