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Jun Liu is a Chinese-to-English literary translator based in Auckland, New Zealand. A former English-language journalist and editor, she translates fiction and non-fiction from mainland China and Taiwan, with particular interests in contemporary literary fiction, historical fiction, regional voices, and works that call for careful handling of cultural and political context.

Her book-length co-translations include Jia Pingwa's The Sojourn Teashop (暂坐), with Nicky Harman; Alat Asem's Confessions of a Jade Lord (时间悄悄的嘴脸), with Bruce Humes; and Zhu Hui's Wait and See (要你好看), Tommy Tan's Sunset Over Dadaocheng (大稻埕落日), and Chang Kuo-Li's Ching Ling Foo: The Second Greatest Magician of All Time (金陵福：史上第二偉大的魔術師), all with Jack Hargreaves.

Her recent work includes Liu Liangcheng's The Audible Annals of Abudan (凿空), a novel set in Xinjiang, China, co-translated with Bruce Humes. English-language rights to the novel have been acquired by West Link Books.

She has also translated a full English manuscript of Chang Ying-Min's Teruo the Orangutan (猩猩煇夫), winner of the 2023 Taiwan Historical Novel Award for Unpublished Fiction, for Books from Taiwan. Her other recent sample translations for Books from Taiwan include Murasaki Fujiyama's As She Blossoms in Twilight (在偏差中盛開的她), Wales Xie's The Coffee Truck Playlist (胖卡咖啡舘，獻給不需要這世界的你), Huang Chu-Ping's Walk with Mazu (與媽祖同行), Lien Ming-Wei's The Last Ambassador (最後的大使先生), and Chang Kuo-Li's The Private Spy (私人間諜).

In addition, she translated selections by Lao She, Feng Zikai, and Zhang Tianyi for the Classics of Modern Chinese Literature series: A Lao She Reader, A Feng Zikai Reader, and A Zhang Tianyi Reader. She has also worked as proofreader for the English translations of Jia Pingwa's Happy Dreams (高兴) and Chi Zijian's The Last Quarter of the Moon (额尔古纳河右岸).

Before becoming a full-time freelance translator, Jun worked for many years as a journalist and editor, including at China Daily in Beijing and The Chinese Herald in Auckland. As Assistant Editor-in-Chief of The Chinese Herald, she won the New Zealand China Council Media Award for Chinese-language reporting in 2015. More of her writing can be found at her blog.