Prof. Dr. Riccardo Moratto is Full Professor of Translation and Interpreting Studies, Chinese Translation and Interpreting at the Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation (GIIT), Shanghai International Studies University (SISU). Professor Moratto is editor-in-chief (主編) of Interpreting Studies for Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press (外教社) and editor-in-chief (主編) of Routledge Studies in East Asian Interpreting and Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Approaches to Chinese Literature. Professor Moratto holds a Ph.D. in Translation and Interpreting Studies from National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). Professor Moratto is also Honorary Guest Professor at the College of Foreign Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Cultore della Materia at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Visiting Scholar at Shandong University, Honorary Research Fellow at the Center for Translation Studies of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Expert Member of the Translators Association of China (TAC), Honorary Member of Associação de Tradutores de Macau, Assistant to the President of WITTA, Consultant of the Hangzhou Expert Committee on the Standardization of Chinese-English Public Signs, Full Member of the European Society for Translation Studies and the European Association of Chinese Studies. Prof. Moratto is a Chartered Linguist and Fellow Member of CIoL, an international conference interpreter and renowned literary translator. He is the first Italian to have been appointed as Full Professor in Translation Studies in any Chinese university.