Making Use of Bilingual Interview Data: Some Experiences from the Field

Halai, Nelofer

doi:10.46743/2160-3715/2007.1621

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“…Quotations that represented key themes were translated into English. To avoid misinterpretation, the English translation was compared with the Indonesian transcription, the quotes were back-translated and the accuracy of the translation was discussed with other authors (Halai, 2007).…”

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Public evaluation of the ethics of tobacco marketing in Indonesia: symbiotic ethical approach

Tjandra

Aroean

Prabandari

2020

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Purpose This study aims to explore the public evaluation of the ethics of marketing tobacco in Indonesia through the theoretical lens of normative ethics. Design/methodology/approach The present study adopted a symbiotic ethical approach, which combined normative and positive ethical approaches. The data was collected in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, from 6 focus groups and 30 photo-elicitation interviews with a total of 71 participants. Findings Five main themes have been identified as follows: product-related, authority-related, economic-related, vulnerable-party-related and firm-behaviour-related themes. The findings reveal a profound picture of the hopes, arguments and dilemmas surrounding the five main themes, which highlight the issues of harmfulness, lenient regulation, economic reliance, vulnerability and aggressiveness. Research limitations/implications The thematic analysis has identified six main themes, namely, the economic contribution of the tobacco industry, the harmful nature of tobacco products, tobacco marketing targeting vulnerable groups, covering the danger of smoking, intention and integrity of tobacco marketers and infringement of the law and social norms. Adopting the theoretical lens of utilitarianism, deontology, contractarianism and virtue ethics, the analysis illustrates that most participants believed that tobacco marketing practices in Indonesia are unethical. Social implications The findings of the study were disseminated in a public engagement event to stakeholders in Yogyakarta. The findings influenced the development of no-smoking area monitoring instruments and the introduction of “free from tobacco advertisement in the no-smoking area” policy in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta. Originality/value Indonesia, with its lenient regulatory environment, provides a unique setting for investigating public evaluation of the ethics of tobacco marketing. This is one of the first studies that investigates public evaluation of tobacco marketing ethics in Indonesia through the theoretical lens of utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics and contractarianism.

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Public evaluation of the ethics of tobacco marketing in Indonesia: symbiotic ethical approach

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Aroean

Prabandari

2020

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“…This immersion is vital if the researcher is to accurately capture the contextualised essence of the material – which, after all, is the cornerstone of qualitative methods – and distil it firstly into codes and then into themes (Lopez et al , 2008). In conducting trustworthy analysis in cross-language qualitative research, as much as the translation of words, it is the ability to convey the socio-cultural meanings from one language into another that is an epistemological and ethical consideration (Birbili, 2000; Chen and Boore, 2009; Chidlow, et al , 2014; Halai, 2007). This is due to the cultural embeddedness of language (Chidlow et al , 2014; Halai, 2007).…”

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“…At this point, which corresponds to before Phase 1 in thematic analysis (Figure 1), the researcher frequently has a large amount of raw data. The task of transcribing and translating such a mountain of material at this point in a qualitative study is a labour-intensive and challenging process for a non-native English-speaking researcher (Halai, 2007; Regmi et al , 2010). Therefore, although this strategy may add to the credibility to the research findings, it is somewhat unwieldy to apply in practice – and, as argued below, carrying out translation further into the thematic analysis process can maintain credibility while at the same time reduce the labour burden on the researcher.…”

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“…Piecemeal translation may reduce the time spent on translating; however, it may lead to mistakes and the distortion of key messages (Halai, 2007) and is methodologically unsound (Squires, 2009). In particular, there is a danger that the selection of a few quotes to transcribe and translate may lead to key information being lost and the contextual meaning being misrepresented (Birbili, 2000; Halai, 2007). In thematic analysis, the iterative and recursive nature of the process means that the entirety of the empirical material should be analysed, and the researcher is constantly moving between the interview transcripts, the codes and the three levels of themes to make sense of the underlying meaning.…”

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Lost in translation? Cross-language thematic analysis in tourism and hospitality research

Esfehani

Walters

2018

IJCHM

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Purpose Tourism and hospitality research is frequently cross language in nature; yet, English is the most used language to disseminate research findings. The use of thematic analysis is increasing; yet, critical discussions of the implications of the timing of translation when applying this method are rare. The purpose of this study is to present a model for bilingual researchers undertaking qualitative studies in their mother language who are reliant on their own language skills to translate and overcome language differences, and who are using thematic analysis. Design/methodology/approach Thematic analysis is a six-phase iterative analysis process during which the main themes are identified and a network of related themes is constructed to facilitate the interpretation of the material. The model is illustrated through reference to a research project carried out by the first author on the role and manifestation of intangible cultural heritage in tourism in protected areas in Iran. Findings The model introduces translation as an internal procedure within thematic analysis, situating it between the second and third phases when the codes are being consolidated into basic themes. Translation is viewed as a part of the iterative process of thematic analysis. Originality/value This model is the first to provide bilingual cross-language researchers with a practical and epistemologically, methodologically and ethically sound rationale for the timing of translation when using thematic analysis. While it was developed on a tourism case study, the authors believe it is applicable to research in other disciplines where cross-language qualitative analysis is used.

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Making Use of Bilingual Interview Data: Some Experiences from the Field

Cited by 26 publications

References 33 publications

Public evaluation of the ethics of tobacco marketing in Indonesia: symbiotic ethical approach

Public evaluation of the ethics of tobacco marketing in Indonesia: symbiotic ethical approach

Lost in translation? Cross-language thematic analysis in tourism and hospitality research

Putting the local back into planning‐experiences and perceptions of state and district health functionaries of seven aspirational districts in India on an innovative planning capacity building approach

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