The Translation of Measurement
						Instruments for Cross-Cultural Surveys

Behr, Dorothe; Shishido, Kuniaki

doi:10.4135/9781473957893.n19

Cited by 60 publications

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“…As Behr and Shishido (2016) suggest, comprehensive documentation helps to inform later steps in the translation process, thus making the entire translation process more efficient. In order to maximize the value of back translation, ideally, the documentation would be complete with the source text, original and revised translations and their corresponding back translations, and adaptation notes or justifications that explain why the revision was necessary and how it improved the original translation.…”

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“…In order for the documentation to be informative for all involved (e.g., researchers and potential readers), it is best to provide back translation of the items where the differences matter, with explanations. Behr and Shishido (2016) considered a good-practice translation methodology to include a team-based, multistep forward translation approach. This approach highlights the collaboration of a team of experts in translation, subject matter, and survey methodology and the need for assessing the quality and cultural adequacy of the translation.…”

Section: Using Back Translation To Show the Differences That Mattermentioning

confidence: 99%

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Back translation as a documentation tool

Son¹

2018

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Using back translation as a quality assessment tool in multilingual survey research is now deemed obsolete or on its way to becoming so, although it is still widely practiced. This paper will argue that back translation may be still useful as a documentation tool, not as a quality control tool. To support this premise, a review of literature that uses back translation to illustrate inevitable differences between the source and the target text is provided. This paper proposes a baseline for using back translation as a documentation tool, using examples of "good" and "bad" back translations. The value of using back translation is further demonstrated using examples from recent studies that integrated back translation into their documentation. This less-discussed use of back translation in questionnaire translation methodology merits the attention of translators and researchers. Although the utility of back translation as a quality control tool is deemed obsolete, it still has the potential for useful application as a documentation tool.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Using Back Translation To Show the Differences That Mattermentioning

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Back translation as a documentation tool

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2018

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“…Harkness (2003) has proposed a comprehensive model called TRAPD -Translation, Review, Adjudication, Pretesting, and Documentation -to be implemented in the survey translation lifecycle. Behr and Shishido (2016) and Harkness (2010) have advocated that survey questionnaires and materials should be produced by a team of language, survey, and subject matter experts to cover both linguistic and measurement perspectives (also see Goerman et al, 2010aGoerman et al, , 2010bSha & Pan, 2013 on empirical assessment).…”

Section: Literature Review and Backgroundmentioning

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Translation and visual cues: Towards creating a road map for limited English speakers to access translated Internet surveys in the United States

2018

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This study seeks to provide a starting point in the survey translation and user experience literatures about facilitating entry to online survey questionnaires among limited English speakers in the United States. We present results from an assessment of prototype materials with limited English speakers: prenotification materials, survey entry pages, and informational web pages. We found that combining translation with common website functionality visual cues (tabs, hyperlinks, drop-down menus, and URLs) can help limited English-speaking individuals improve their experience using and accessing entry pages and informational web pages for government surveys. We also provide recommendations for continued research to develop translations and visual cues that are visible, clear, and linguistically and culturally appropriate. The ultimate goal is increased inclusion and accessability for hard-to-reach populations in online Federal surveys in the United States.

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“…Many researchers emphasize the importance of instrument adaptation, which includes tailoring instruments to fit culture-specific concepts in target populations, such as use of preferred terms, use of unambiguous concepts, and use of culturally relevant examples (Dean et al, 2007;Harkness et al, 2010;Hunt & Bopal, 2004;Mohler, Dorer, de Jong, & Hu, 2016). There may be terms or concepts that do not exist in respondents' countries of origin and researchers should address this possibility during instrument development (Behr & Shishido, 2016;Goerman, 2010;Schoua-Glusberg et al, 2008;Schoua-Glusberg & Villar, 2014). Additional challenges arise when the adaptation of instruments must include several subpopulations that speak different dialects of a language (Cortés-Martinicorena, Rosel-Gallardo, Artázcoz-Osés, Bravo, & Tsakos, 2010;Domínguez et al, 2006).…”

Section: Review Of the Literature On Survey Translationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Careful analysis can identify questioning strategies that will yield more accurate answers, thus reducing measurement error (Biemer, Groves, Lyberg, Mathiowetz, & Sudman, 1991). The method can also be used to test whether translated instruments measure the intended concepts (Behr & Shishido, 2016;Schoua-Glusberg & Villar, 2014).…”

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Translation of country-specific programs and survey error: Measuring the education level of immigrants

Goerman¹,

Fernández²,

Quiroz³

2018

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The difficulty of translating country-specific programs for use in surveys has been well documented. Questions about educational attainment offer a good illustration of this difficulty, particularly amongst Spanish-speaking immigrants in the United States, who come from a variety of countries where education systems are different in both name and structure. This article presents results from cognitive testing of Spanish education-level questions in the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey. We conducted two iterative rounds of testing with 46 Spanish-speaking respondents from 11 different countries. Respondents had differing interpretations of the Census Bureau's education-level categories because they differed, either in meaning or by the terms used, from the categories in their countries of origin. For example, Mexican-origin respondents interpreted 'escuela secundaria,' or 'high school,' to correspond to nine years of schooling, while in the U.S. completing high school corresponds to 12 years of schooling. This type of misinterpretation could result in upward biases in reports of educational levels. We discuss various approaches tested to deal with this type of response error.

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The Translation of Measurement Instruments for Cross-Cultural Surveys

Cited by 60 publications

References 15 publications

Back translation as a documentation tool

Back translation as a documentation tool

Translation and visual cues: Towards creating a road map for limited English speakers to access translated Internet surveys in the United States

Translation of country-specific programs and survey error: Measuring the education level of immigrants

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