STFL Public Lecture – Fitness in Translation (FiT)

Mr Piers Kuan, Lecturer of the School of Translation and Foreign Languages (STFL) delivered an online public lecture entitled “Fitness in Translation (FiT)” on 26 April 2022.

Drawing inspiration from his successful personal experience of getting fit over the past few months, Mr Kuan said that both learning languages and doing sports need perseverance to make training become part of our daily lives, and we also need determination and perseverance to achieve our goals. He shared with us the fitness video clips of the founding father of Fitness in America, Mr Jack Lalane, health tips in different languages provided by the Singapore Health Promotion Board, and also various healthy apps. Through these tools, we can learn bilingual terms in exercise unconsciously, which shows the impact of “subconscious learning”.

The participants actively raised questions in the Q&A session. Mr. Kuan ended the lecture by encouraging the participants with the motto “Diligence, Dedication and Determination Work Wonders for Life!”.

Mr KUAN shares fitness video clips in Chinese and English versions of the founding father of Fitness in America, Mr Jack Lalane, and his monologue “Ten seconds on the lips, lifetime on the hips” (Don‘t exceed the feed limit).

founding father of Fitness in America – Jack Lalane (1914-2011)

Mr Kuan shares the benefits of being bilingual and encourages the participants to better equip themselves with languages

HSUHK’s library has a big collection of books (e-books and printed books) about translation.