CV

Education

• Ph.D in Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2021 - 2026
  • Supervisor Prof. Dr. May Li.
  • Research interest: Machine translation, ML-enhanced translation studies
• Visiting Ph.D stay in Ghent University, Belgium, 2024 - 2025
  • Supervisor Prof. Dr. Lieve Macken
• M.S. in Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China, 2018 - 2021
  • Supervisor Prof. Dr. Jidong Zhang
  • Research interest: Corpus-based linguistic and translation studies
• B.S. in Shandong University of Finance and Economics, 2014 - 2018
  • Research interest: Classic British literary works

Work experience

• 2026 - Present: Lecturer
  • Faculty of Arts, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China
  • Teaching: AI Translation and Post-editing; Translation and Localization
  • Research: Machine translation post-editing, computational stylometry, and quantitative translation studies

Skills

• Academic writing
• Literature management (e.g. Zotero)
• Vibe coding and AI agents
• Programming languages: Python, R
• Desktop publishing: LaTeX, InDesign

Publications

Unveiling stylometric signatures in translated children’s literature: Peter Pan in Chinese

He, T., Kong, D., & Li, B. (2026). "Unveiling stylometric signatures in translated children's literature: Peter Pan in Chinese." Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. (Corresponding author: Delu Kong)

Can Peter Pan Survive MT? A Stylometric Study of LLMs, NMTs, and HTs in Children’s Literature Translation

Kong, D., & Macken, L. (2025). "Can Peter Pan Survive MT? A Stylometric Study of LLMs, NMTs, and HTs in Children Literature Translation." CTT Workshop @ MT Summit 2025, arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.22038.

Decoding Machine Translationese in English-Chinese News: LLMs vs. NMTs

Kong, D., & Macken, L. (2025). "Decoding Machine Translationese in English-Chinese News: LLMs vs. NMTs." MT Summit 2025 (Technical Track), arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.22050.

基于机器学习的政经语篇人机翻译风格研究——以《国富论》中译本为例

孔德璐. (2025). "基于机器学习的政经语篇人机翻译风格研究——以《国富论》中译本为例." 外语导刊. 48(1).

新质生产力背景下中国网络文学的国际传播与外译挑战——以《斗破苍穹》为例

孔德璐, 李宝虎, 何婷. (2024). "新质生产力背景下中国网络文学的国际传播与外译挑战——以《斗破苍穹》为例." 翻译与传播, (2): 63–74.

机器学习视域下政经语篇翻译风格对比研究——以《国富论》中文三译本为例

孔德璐. (2024). "机器学习视域下政经语篇翻译风格对比研究——以《国富论》中文三译本为例." 北京翻译. 2.

ChatGPT人机对话式翻译研究

李梅, 孔德璐. (2024). "ChatGPT人机对话式翻译研究." 上海理工大学学报（社会科学版）.

基于机器学习方法的《德伯家的苔丝》中文译本翻译风格考察

孔德璐. (2024). "基于机器学习方法的《德伯家的苔丝》中文译本翻译风格考察." 数字人文研究. 4(1).

机器学习视域下《三国演义》三译本翻译风格对比研究

孔德璐. (2023). "机器学习视域下《三国演义》三译本翻译风格对比研究." 大连大学学报. 44(4).

基于平行语料库的Tess of the D’Urbervilles三译本四字格的对比研究

孔德璐, 张继东. (2022). "基于平行语料库的Tess of the D’Urbervilles三译本四字格的对比研究." 翻译研究与教学. 2(2).

Talks

Decoding Machine Translationese in English-Chinese News: LLMs vs. NMTs

June 28, 2025

Conference presentation at MT Summit 2025, Research: Technical track, Uni Mail, Geneva, The Switherland

Can Peter Pan Survive MT? A Stylometric Study of LLMs, NMTs, and HTs in Children’s Literature Translation

June 27, 2025

Symposium presentation at 2nd Workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology, MT Summit 2025, Uni Mail, Geneva, The Switherland

Comparative Stylistic Analysis of Human vs. Machine Translation in Economic Discourse: A Machine Learning Approach to ‘The Wealth of Nations’ E-C Translations

July 01, 2024

Conference presentation at International Postgraduate Roundtable and Research Forum cum Summer School (IPRRFSS), The Education University of Hong Kong, 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR

Detecting Language Features of ‘Machine-Translationese’ through Machine Learning: Original Chinese News Text vs. Machine-Translated Chinese News Text

June 13, 2024

Conference presentation at International Conference on Chinese News Discourse in the Digital Era, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

Can ChatGPT Break Through the ‘Bastion’ of Literary Translation? A Stylometric Study of Human vs. Machine Translation Variants

March 22, 2024

Symposium presentation at National University of Singapore Symposium, National University of Singapore, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore 119077

Can ChatGPT Break Through the ‘Fortress’ of Literary Translation? A Computational Stylistic Analysis of Human vs. Machine Translation

October 25, 2023

Symposium presentation at Tongji-UM Symposium on Frontiers in Applied Linguistics of Global Asia, Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, Jalan Universiti, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia