Introduction. Testing and assessment in translation and interpreting studies: A call for dialogue between research and practice

Angelelli, Claudia V.; Jacobson, Holly E.

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“…The terms mentioned above are very common and their applications rely upon the judgment of an evaluator/translator. To measure the quality of translation, Angelelli (2009) views the 'creative solutions to translation problems' as a top level in translation assessment. However, the question is, "How is it possible to reach creative solutions and when is it adequate?"…”

Section: Legal Translation: Quality Standardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…stylistic conventions, coherence, cohesion, etc.). In this direction, Al-Qinai (2000), Mossop (2007), Angelelli (2009), and Colina (2008) proposed the assessment criteria in various approaches to evaluate the quality of translation. Al-Qinai (2000) suggests the following criteria: (1) tenor and textual typology, (2) formal correspondence such as logos, punctuation, etc., (3) thematic structure coherence, (4) cohesion, (5) dynamic equivalence, (6) syntactic equivalence, and (7) register properties.…”

Section: Legal Translation: Quality Standardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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RETRACTED: How to Raise Quality Assurance in Legal Translation: The Question of Objectivity?

Akbari

2018

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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The aim of the present study is to propose an approach to legal translation quality so as to address the idiosyncrasies in legal studies and to confront the challenges and flaws of previous paradigms and models of translation quality assessment. The present approach is associated with the micro-macro textual, contextual, and legal components/variables in the pursuit of an adequate strategy through elaborating the decision making process for translation. The elements of the decision making process remain constant between translation relevancy/brief, and the translation product in the source text analysis, reformulation and revision stages. Translation competence, translation product, and the translation decision making process are all the evaluative standards for both quality controllers and translators. Also, this study scrutinizes the impact of translation quality assessment involving professional and training contexts besides managerial quality. In the upshot, this approach has the potential to reduce subjectivity in the quality of legal translation based on particular methodologies. The proposed framework assists the need for the evaluation of the quality of legal translation to boost the quality benchmarks in the professional environment.

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Section: Legal Translation: Quality Standardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Legal Translation: Quality Standardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

RETRACTED: How to Raise Quality Assurance in Legal Translation: The Question of Objectivity?

Akbari

2018

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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“…If one supports the view that there may be a 'one best way' to select students, and an ideal profile of interpreting students, one must also accept that there are such things as 'perfect' profiles of interpreting schools and interpreter trainers. Studies trying to correlate the predictive validity of interpreting aptitude tests with actual academic success have not so far managed to achieve conclusive results (Angelelli and Jacobson (Angelelli and Jacobson 2009). From a strictly methodological perspective, one may wonder whether the variables affecting students' failure may have to do with factors other than their personal characteristics.…”

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The Quest for ‘Perfection’

Zannirato

2013

The Interpreter and Translator Trainer

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This paper explores the hypothetical construct of interpreting aptitude, with particular reference to its current operationalization for student selection purposes. The idea that there is a universal 'ideal' student profile, identifiable through a yet to-be-developed 'perfect' screening examination, is a recurrent theme in the interpreting literature. Indeed, the debate over interpreting aptitude has recently concentrated on personality-related traits of successful interpreters, and on potential interventions to test such traits in order to screen suitable candidates. After providing a brief theoretical overview of the research on interpreting aptitude and personality, this article describes some conceptual and practical challenges posed by the above-mentioned views, and presents reflections on alternative conceptualizations of interpreting aptitude that may inform not only student selection, but also training practices.

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“…Today data on correlations are available, but more specific studies making use of statistical models to prove their predictive significance are still scant (Angelelli & Jacobson 2009). The issue of unreliability and excessive subjectivity in jurors' assessments has been voiced repeatedly (Gerver et al 1984;Gringiani 1990;Dodds 1990;Pearl 1995;Kalina 2000;Sunnari 2002;Pippa & Russo 2002;AIIC 2006, Timarová & Ungoed-Thomas 2008, and has impelled some schools to adopt a different approach.…”

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Aptitude testing over the years

Russo

2011

INTP

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In the present paper I review the existing literature on aptitude testing with a view to highlighting the main emerging themes: which qualities indicate an aptitude in a prospective interpreter, how these qualities may be measured and which types of test should be administered, the issue of valid and reliable testing, proposals for test designs, and, finally, description of aptitude tests which have identified statistically significant predictors. The focus is on spoken language, but signed-language aptitude testing is also partially covered. Available results so far appear to show that interpreting-related cognitive skills and verbal fluency may be measured and may be predictive both for spoken-language and for signedlanguage interpreting candidates. In particular, the production of synonyms appears to be a strong aptitude predictor from several independent research projects.

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Introduction. Testing and assessment in translation and interpreting studies: A call for dialogue between research and practice

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The Quest for ‘Perfection’

Aptitude testing over the years

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