Martha Pui Yiu Cheung (Chinese: 張佩瑤; 1953–2013) was a researcher and scholar in Translation Studies, Chair Professor in Translation[1] and Director of the Centre for Translation at Hong Kong Baptist University.
[2] She is best known for the first volume of her Anthology on Chinese Discourse on Translation, published in 2006.
[3] Professor Cheung was a leading scholar in the internationalisation of Translation Studies, drawing attention to the Eurocentric focus of the discipline and helping to raise the profile of Chinese translation theory.
[6] Cheung opted to explain foreign concepts in familiar terms in order to negate the differences between cultures and tradition.
[6] The Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities awards the Martha Cheung Book Prize in Translation in her honour.