Levelling the lingo playing field

Ballabeni, Andrea

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“…Although English is spoken as a first language by only 5% of the world’s population [2, 3], it has become the lingua franca of science, and many researchers believe that the only way to become an internationally recognized investigator is to communicate in English [4]. Language barriers may be impediments to career advancement [5, 6] and potentially to collaboration [7, 8].…”

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From English to Chinese, Japanese, and Russian: extending research visibility with language translations of a conference slide presentation

Hoffecker

Abbey

2017

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ObjectiveThe research demonstrates that a conference slide presentation translated into non-English languages reaches significantly larger and different audiences than an English presentation alone.MethodsThe slides of a presentation from the Medical Library Association annual meeting were translated from English to Chinese, Japanese, and Russian and posted along with the English version to SlideShare, an open slide-hosting website. View counts, traffic sources, and geographic origins of the traffic for each language version were tracked over a twenty-two-month period.ResultsTotal view counts for all 4 language versions amounted to 3,357 views, with the Chinese version accounting for 71% of the total views. The trends in view counts over time for the Japanese, Russian, and English versions were similar, with high interest at the beginning and a rapid drop and low level of viewing activity thereafter. The pattern of view counts for the Chinese version departed considerably from the other language versions, with very low activity at the beginning but a sharp rise 10 months later. This increase in activity was related to access to the presentations via a Taiwanese website that embedded the SlideShare website code.ConclusionsLanguage translation can be a difficult and time-consuming task. However, translation of a conference slide presentation with limited text is an achievable activity and engages an international audience for information that is often not noticed or lost. Although English is by far the primary language of science and other disciplines, it is not necessarily the first or preferred language of global researchers. By offering appropriate language versions, the authors of presentations can expand the reach of their work.

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From English to Chinese, Japanese, and Russian: extending research visibility with language translations of a conference slide presentation

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Abbey

2017

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How to Get Your Article Published in the “Japanese Journal of Personality”

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2016

The Japanese Journal of Personality

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Levelling the lingo playing field

Abstract: English is the relatively undisputed lingua franca of science. Would it be better to allow non‐native speaking authors to declare their English language skills upfront so that readers can focus on the science in a paper, rather than the prose?

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From English to Chinese, Japanese, and Russian: extending research visibility with language translations of a conference slide presentation

From English to Chinese, Japanese, and Russian: extending research visibility with language translations of a conference slide presentation

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Levelling the lingo playing field

Abstract: English is the relatively undisputed lingua franca of science. Would it be better to allow non‐native speaking authors to declare their English language skills upfront so that readers can focus on the science in a paper, rather than the prose?

Cited by 2 publications

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From English to Chinese, Japanese, and Russian: extending research visibility with language translations of a conference slide presentation

From English to Chinese, Japanese, and Russian: extending research visibility with language translations of a conference slide presentation

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