Douglas Robinson (born September 30, 1954) is an American academic scholar, translator, and fiction-writer who is best known for his work in translation studies, but has published widely on various aspects of human communication and social interaction (American literature, literary theory, linguistic theory, gender theory, writing theory, rhetorical theory). He has translated several Finnish novels, plays, and monographs into English, and his first published novel was written in English but first published in Finnish translation.
Robinson recently retired as Professor of Translating and Interpreting at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and has been hired as a Research Professor in Translation Studies at Xi'an_International_Studies_University, where he also directs the Douglas Robinson Research Center.
