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dc.contributor.authorArffman, Inga
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-16T07:22:15Z
dc.date.available2015-06-17T21:45:04Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationArffman, I. (2013). Problems and Issues in Translating International Educational Achievement Tests. <i>Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice</i>, <i>32</i>(2), 2-14. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/emip.12007" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1111/emip.12007</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_21747659
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_53114
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/45323
dc.description.abstractThe article reviews research and findings on problems and issues faced when translating international academic achievement tests. The purpose is to draw attention to the problems, to help to develop the procedures followed when translating the tests, and to provide suggestions for further research. The problems concentrate on the following: the unique and demanding purpose of the translation task, the partly contradictory task specifications and translation instructions, the indecision as to whether to produce one or two target versions, the indecision as to whether to use one or two source versions, inadequate revision and verification, deficient translator competences, and a lack of time. To solve the problems, the article suggests the following: ensuring that the translation guidelines provide a right, unequivocal, and balanced picture of the purpose of the translation task; ensuring the equivalence of the two source versions; putting more emphasis on revision, and ensuring that the verification is sufficiently thorough; using only qualified translators, providing them with training in test translation, and including also subject matter and testing specialists in the translation teams; and allotting sufficient time to the translation work. However, the main lesson from the review is that more research in the field is badly needed.fi
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEducational Measurement: Issues and Practice
dc.subject.otherKansainväliset arviointitutkimukset
dc.subject.othervertailukelpoisuus
dc.subject.otherkansainväliset arvioinnit
dc.subject.otherkäännösongelmat
dc.subject.otherInternational achievement tests
dc.subject.othertranslation problems
dc.titleProblems and Issues in Translating International Educational Achievement Tests
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201402131230
dc.contributor.laitosKoulutuksen tutkimuslaitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosFinnish Institute for Educational Researchen
dc.contributor.oppiaineKoulutuksen tutkimuslaitosfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineFinnish Institute for Educational Researchen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2014-02-13T04:30:08Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange2-14
dc.relation.issn0731-1745
dc.relation.numberinseries2
dc.relation.volume32
dc.type.versionacceptedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2013 by the National Council on Measurement in Education. This is a final draft version of an aricle whose final and definitive form has been published by Wiley for National Council on Measurement in Education.
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dc.subject.ysoekvivalenssi
dc.subject.ysokääntäminen
dc.subject.ysovaliditeetti
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p16524
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p9586
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p19898
dc.relation.doi10.1111/emip.12007
dc.type.okmA1


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