Paolo Magagnin is Associate Professor of Chinese Language, Translation and Interpreting at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and a member of the "Laboratorio sulla Traduzione delle Lingue Orientali" (Research Center on the Translation of Asian Languages). His primary area of expertise is Translation Studies applied to modern and contemporary Chinese language and culture. His current research focuses on Chinese translation theories, the global circulation of Chinese cultural products from a sociological perspective, and translation in the tourism and museum sectors. Among his publications in the latter field is the chapter “La traduzione per il turismo e l’accessibilità al patrimonio artistico-culturale” (“Translation for Tourism and Accessibility to Cultural Heritage”), included in "La traduzione del cinese. Riflessioni, strategie e tipologie testuali" ("Chinese Translation. Reflections, Strategies, and Text Types", edited by Nicoletta Pesaro, Hoepli, 2023). Alongside his academic work, he is an active translator of contemporary Chinese literature. His Italian translations include works by leading Chinese authors such as Cao Wenxuan, Li Jingze, Shuang Xuetao, A Yi, Chen He, Xu Zechen, and Xiao Bai.