Elements of Transcultural and Translinguistic Research: A Personal Experience

Davis, Diane; Cannava, Eugene

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“…r Problems in translation: Davis and Cannava (1992) suggest that commonly understood terms in any language may not translate literally into another language without changing the intended message. Sartorius and Janca (1996) concur, noting that some concepts have no natural "home" in languages other than the native language.…”

Section: Simplify the Messagementioning

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Communicating (Birth Defects) Prevention Information to a Hmong Population in Wisconsin: A Study of Cultural Relevance

Viste¹

2007

Substance Use & Misuse

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Compelling research from the early 1990s indicated a strong correlation between the consumption of the B-vitamin folic acid and the prevention of a serious birth defect (neural tube defect) in infants. This article examines numerous challenges the author faced when attempting to produce a culturally relevant folic acid brochure for Hmong women of childbearing age in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, part of a broad folic acid education program. An immediate challenge arose from the traditional Hmong belief that birth defects can be either a curse or a gift, "preassigned" in a former life and therefore not preventable. Other challenges that were addressed included language, acculturation and nutrition, literacy, attitudes toward Western health care practices, and attitudes toward taking medications, including a daily multivitamin. In order for public health communicators to reach increasingly diverse ethnic and cultural identities with important health messages, it is essential that project planning start from the target group's cultural context. It is hoped that the lessons learned through this project can be applied to other communications efforts with other cultural groups.

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Communicating (Birth Defects) Prevention Information to a Hmong Population in Wisconsin: A Study of Cultural Relevance

Viste¹

2007

Substance Use & Misuse

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“…A systematic approach to translation is important but the art of the process must also be emphasized as there are many appropriate translations of each sentence from one language into another (Werner & Campbell, 1970). Davis and Cannava (1992) detailed the translator's qualifications as someone familiar with the culture and contemporary use of both the source and target languages to maintain accuracy of meaning. In addition,…”

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Working With Translators and Interpreters in Research: Lessons Learned

Jones

Boyle

2011

J Transcult Nurs

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The purpose of this special section is to describe culturally competent approaches for working with translators or interpreters who participate in transcultural studies. This article provides background for three exemplars of lessons learned in working with translators in transcultural studies: (a) the resettlement transition experiences of women from the Dinka tribe of Southern Sudan (Baird), (b) Samoans' risk for heart disease (Siaki), and (c) culturally Deaf adults' perceptions about depression (Sheppard).Capitalizing the word "Deaf" has gained wide acceptance to indicate a linguistic minority of people who have a hearing loss and use American Sign Language, a hallmark of Deaf culture. In each case, the individual researcher made adaptations to the usual processes of translation/back-translation when appropriate to the cultural context and the specific situations of the translators. Although these lessons were learned during research-related activities, they may apply to other circumstances when nurses work with bilingual/bicultural translators (e.g., translating consent forms or communicating with persons who have limited literacy in their native language).

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“…Although this is a common practice in the United States, this request might meet with suspicion and misunderstanding in other countries. For example, Davis and Cannava (1992) described their experiences of securing permission from the director of an institution when conducting a qualitative study in Milan, Italy. Their use of the word protects, as in the protection of human subjects, had resulted in confusion and apprehension because this word suggested a threat.…”

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Protecting Human Research Subjects: An International Perspective

Wang

Huch

2000

Nurs Sci Q

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not new. As early as 1898, Albert Neisser in Prussia, who discovered gonococcus, attempted to test serum therapy to prevent syphilis by injecting cell-free serum into patients, most of whom were prostitutes, without their knowledge and consent (Vollmann & Winau, 1996). Eventually some of those injected developed syphilis. Since the end of World War II, cutting ethical corners in human experimentation such as this has prompted the international community to call for protecting human research subjects and issuing ethical codes and regulations on the basis of informed consent (Nelson-Marten & Rich, 1999; Oddi & Cassidy, 1990). What kinds of rights do human beings have when they participate in research studies as subjects? What are researchers' moral and legal obligations toward their human subjects? How can researchers ensure the rights of human subjects are being protected? These questions become even more critical as the trend toward international collaborations in research increases (Wichman, Smith, Mills, & Sandler, 1997). To date, researchers in more than 100 countries in the world have collaborated with researchers in the United States. To extend scientific knowledge across countries is to simultaneously extend ethical sensitivity to all involved in research. To this end, this column explores ethical standards, their applications, and the challenges in protecting human subjects in an international arena.

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Elements of Transcultural and Translinguistic Research: A Personal Experience

Cited by 8 publications

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Communicating (Birth Defects) Prevention Information to a Hmong Population in Wisconsin: A Study of Cultural Relevance

Communicating (Birth Defects) Prevention Information to a Hmong Population in Wisconsin: A Study of Cultural Relevance

Working With Translators and Interpreters in Research: Lessons Learned

Protecting Human Research Subjects: An International Perspective

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