Administrative Office

Phone: +49 (0)681 302-3336
E-Mail: sekretariat@khk.uni-saarland.de

Ching-Yi Hung-Breunig’s professional career spans three continents. After earning a bachelor’s degree in German language and literature at Tamkang University, she worked in Taiwan as a German–Chinese editor and trade fair coordinator for Deutsche Messe AG. She went on to complete a master’s degree in Germanic studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, in the United States. At the Special Olympics headquarters in Washington, DC, she served as a regional program assistant, coordinating communication with sixty-eight partner cities. Within German academia, she has previously worked at the University of Bremen, where she coordinated cooperation with EU project partners, and at the University of Marburg, where she acted as the central point of contact in organising an international medical conference. She has also translated numerous works of German literature and nonfiction into Chinese. In September 2026, she joined the administrative office of the Käte Hamburger Centre for Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE).

SELECTED TRANSLATIONS

  • Shi, Heng Yi. Shaolin Spirit: Meistere dein Leben. O. W. Barth, 2023. Chinese translation, 2025.
  • Michalsen, Andreas. Heilen mit der Kraft der Natur. Insel, 2017. Chinese translation, 2018.
  • Trummer, Paul. Pizza globale. Econ, 2010. Chinese translation, 2013.
  • Schwarz, Aljoscha, and Ronald Schweppe. Die Philosophische Hausapotheke. F. A. Herbig, 1999. Chinese translation, 2003 and 2016.
  • Scherer, Hans. Stopover: Ein Jahr auf Reisen. Eichborn, 1995. Chinese translation, 2005.
  • Jaud, Tommy. Millionär. Fischer, 2008. Chinese translation, 2010.