Ms Li Li

Li Li is a Lecturer in Interpreting and Translation Studies at the University of Stirling. She completed her PhD at the University of East Anglia, where her AHRC/CHASE-funded research examined maternity interpreting provision in UK healthcare, with a particular focus on video-mediated interpreting (VMI) and its role in improving language access.

Her research explores healthcare interpreting service provision, interpreter workforce sustainability, maternal health inequalities, and the use of digital technologies in healthcare communication. She employs transformative, mixed-methods approaches and works closely with marginalised communities to address barriers to equitable care. Her work has been published in Frontiers in Global Women’s Health (2025).

Li Li is a qualified Mandarin Chinese–English interpreter and translator. She is a member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI), the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL), and a registrant with the National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI). Alongside her academic work, she maintains an active professional practice in:

• Legal interpreting: Crown, Magistrates and Family Courts, Home Office, Police

• Conference interpreting: pharmaceutical sector, international business forums

• Business and commercial interpreting: international trade, luxury goods sector

She also contributes to the development of professional standards and governance in public service interpreting.

Research interests:

• Healthcare and maternity interpreting

• Video-mediated interpreting in public service settings

• Interpreter training and professional development

• Public service interpreting quality assessment

• Language access and health inequalities

• Legal interpreting

Li Li brings extensive UK university teaching experience, including roles at the University of Birmingham and as Course Director for MA Conference Interpreting and Translation at the University of Essex. At the University of Stirling, she currently teaches undergraduate modules in interpreting skills, practical translation, professional development, Chinese language, culture and cross-cultural communication. She coordinates key modules on interpreting skills and foundation-level cross-cultural communication and supervises postgraduate research dissertations. Her teaching integrates practical, professional, and research-led approaches to prepare students for careers in translation and interpreting.