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Advance Translation as a Means of Improving Source Questionnaire Translatability? - Findings from a Think-Aloud Study for French and German

English · Paperback / Softback

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It is widely recognised that optimum translation quality is often difficult to achieve owing to problems in the source text. For large-scale cross-cultural surveys source questionnaires need to be translated into multiple target languages in order to produce comparable data across participating countries and cultures. 'Advance translations' have been applied in such surveys to improve the translatability of source questionnaires.The author used a think-aloud study to test the usefulness of advance translation into French and German. The study involved experienced professional questionnaire translators and applied qualitative and quantitative analysis.The study confirmed the usefulness of advance translation, at least for the languages and source texts used.

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Brita Dorer is a translation scholar specialising in questionnaire translation and translation process research in particular. A trained translator for French, Italian and English, holding a PhD in translation studies, her research builds on many years of work as a translator and university lecturer.

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Authors Brita Dorer
Publisher Frank & Timme
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.01.2020
 
EAN 9783732905942
ISBN 978-3-7329-0594-2
No. of pages 554
Dimensions 158 mm x 213 mm x 32 mm
Weight 698 g
Illustrations 24 Farbabb.
Series TRANSÜD. Arbeiten zur Theorie und Praxis des Übersetzens und Dolmetschens
TransÜD ¿ Arbeiten zur Theorie und Praxis des Übersetzens und Dolmetschens, Bd. 107
TransÜD - Arbeiten zur Theorie und Praxis des Übersetzens und Dolmetschens, Bd. 107
Subject Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics

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