PhD candidate in Translation Studies in the Catholic University of Portugal, Cheng has a bachelor’s degree on Portuguese Language and Culture and a master’s degree on Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in Tianjin Foreign Studies University. Since 2012, Cheng has been working as Chinese-Portuguese translator for various international conferences. Between 2014 and 2016 taught mandarin in Confucius Institute of University of Lisbon. From 2014 until now, Cheng is dedicated in teaching mandarin as a second/foreign language. Her main research areas are Indirect Translation, Chinese-Portuguese translation and Contrastive Linguistics (Portuguese Chinese). Her recent study focuses on the comparison between the Portuguese and English translations of works of Chinese writer Mo Yan, aiming to rethink Indirect Translation.