Incorporating translation in qualitative studies: two case studies in education

Sutrisno, Agustian; Nguyen, Nga Thanh; Tangen, Donna

doi:10.1080/09518398.2013.837211

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“…They translated questions and answers but, also, explained cultural references, expanded on answers, and asked additional clarifying questions. This process of dialogue between the researcher, interpreter, and community members elicited rich contextual data (Croot et al, ; Sutrisno, Nguyen, & Tangen, ). All interviews and focus groups were transcribed verbatim by a trained transcriptionist and verified by the researchers.…”

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“Growing Old is not for the Weak of Heart”: Social isolation and loneliness in Muslim immigrant older adults in Canada

Salma

Salami

2019

Health Soc Care Community

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The increase in global migration means more immigrants are ageing in host countries with unique experiences and needs. Muslim immigrants in Canada are from diverse ethnocultural communities and experience unmet health and social needs in older age. A community‐based participatory research project was conducted in Alberta, Canada, in 2017–2018 to understand the experiences and needs of healthy ageing in this population. A community advisory committee participated in all phases of the research project including initial framing of the research focus, recruitment, data collection and data analysis. In total, 67 older adults and stakeholders from South Asian, Arab and African Muslim communities participated in one of 23 individual interviews or seven focus group discussions over a 1‐year period. Participants were asked about their experiences of growing old in Canada, unmet health and social needs, and community perspectives on healthy ageing. All data were audio‐taped and transcribed verbatim. Interpreters were used for non‐English speaking participants. Data were thematically analysed with a focus on social isolation and loneliness. Using an exclusion lens two major themes were identified: (a) intersections of exclusion: ageism, sexism, racism, and; (b) strategies for inclusion: local, national, transnational. Findings highlight both the vulnerability of Muslim immigrant older adults and their capacity for agency. The study findings point to the intersecting influences of exclusionary practices on social isolation and loneliness in immigrant older adults and the need to incorporate an exclusion lens in developing social policies and programs for healthy ageing.

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“Growing Old is not for the Weak of Heart”: Social isolation and loneliness in Muslim immigrant older adults in Canada

Salma

Salami

2019

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“…All semi-structured interviews were transcribed and translated by the researcher (this process is presented in Sutrisno et al, 2013). Data were coded using a constant comparative method (Fram, 2013) which involves breaking down the text in the interview transcripts into themes, which were then refined to develop categories (Lapan, Quartaroli, & Riemer, 2012).…”

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“…A critical concern about incorporating concepts into different cultures and contexts is translation equivalence. Sutrisno, Nguyen and Tangen (2013) describe the many complexities in translating a foreign-origin concept, such as learner autonomy, into a new language. While some sort of equivalence of understanding can be obtained, there are so many language and culture-specific factors in the process of translation that achieving absolute equivalence is likely unattainable (Baker, 2011).…”

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“…While some sort of equivalence of understanding can be obtained, there are so many language and culture-specific factors in the process of translation that achieving absolute equivalence is likely unattainable (Baker, 2011). A word or a lexical item in the source language may have more than one equivalent in the target language and vice versa (Sutrisno et al, 2013). As indicated above, learner autonomy is a term that is not easy to define, and many different definitions of learner autonomy exist in the literature.…”

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Exploring the Concept of Learner Autonomy in Cross-Cultural Research

Nguyen

Tangen

Beutel

2014

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This research explores how the concept of learner autonomy is understood and used in Vietnamese higher educational settings. Data were collected through interviews in Vietnamese with four university lecturers in Hanoi, Vietnam and then reported in an English language thesis. The problems confronted by the lecturers were in understanding the concept of learner autonomy, the complexities of translation equivalence for the concept from one language to another, and the impact of culture in interpreting the concept of learner autonomy. The paper concludes with recommendations for educators to be sensitive to cultural and linguistic considerations when transferring concepts from one culture to another.

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“…While translation of data in ethnography is usually manageable, as it relies more heavily on observations by the researcher, 'in phenomenological research, where understanding the essence of the phenomenon from the informants' perspective is the fundamental purpose of the research design, the use of translation must be seriously questioned when considering the rigor of the research process' (p. 423). Sutrisno, Nguyen, and Tangen (2013), likewise, are focused on strategies that ensure the validity and reliability of cross-cultural qualitative research is not compromised by the need for translation. Nes, Abma, Jonsson, and Deeg's (2010) concern with translation is slightly different, focusing not on instances where researchers and research participants speak different languages, but on instances where all data have been collected in one language shared by researchers and participants (Dutch), and where publication of the data requires translation into another language (English).…”

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The productive difficulty of untranslatables in qualitative research

Ruitenberg¹,

Knowlton²,

Li³

2016

Language and Intercultural Communication

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The paper highlights the role of translation in qualitative research that involves multiple languages. Its particular focus is on untranslatables, that is, those words or phrases in a source language that pose challenges to translators because no direct equivalent is available in the target language. Untranslatables create moments of productive difficulty by forcing a critical examination of both the data and the assumptions that framed the research questions. The paper discusses two cases: research with Mandarin-speaking participants on the topic of democracy and democratic subjectivity, and research with Q'eqchi'-speaking participants on the topic of civic engagement and political participation.Este artículo enfatiza el papel de la traducción en las investigaciones cualitativas que se basan en múltiples idiomas. En particular se enfoca en los 'no-traducibles,' es decir, las palabras o frases en el idioma original que plantean retos a los traductores porque no hay un equivalente directo en la lengua meta. Los 'no-traducibles' crean momentos de dificultad productiva por obligar un examen crítico tanto de los datos como de las suposiciones que guían las preguntas rectores de la investigación. Este artículo trata dos casos: una investigación con participantes de habla chino mandarín sobre el tema de la democracia y la subjetividad democrática, y una investigación con participantes que hablan maya q'eqchi' sobre el tema de la participación cívica y política. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Incorporating translation in qualitative studies: two case studies in education

Cited by 37 publications

References 25 publications

“Growing Old is not for the Weak of Heart”: Social isolation and loneliness in Muslim immigrant older adults in Canada

“Growing Old is not for the Weak of Heart”: Social isolation and loneliness in Muslim immigrant older adults in Canada

Exploring the Concept of Learner Autonomy in Cross-Cultural Research

The productive difficulty of untranslatables in qualitative research

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