Testing and assessment in translation and interpreting studies a call for dialogue between research and practice / edited by Claudia V. Angelelli, Holly E. Jacobson.

Other author Angelelli, Claudia (Claudia V.)
Other author Jacobson, Holly E.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub.,
Descriptionvi, 386 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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SeriesAmerican Translators Association scholarly monograph series, 0890-4111 ; v. 14
Contents Introduction: Testing and assessment in translation and interpreting studies: a call for dialogue between research and practice / Claudia V. Angelelli and Holly E. Jacobson -- Part I. The development of assessment instruments: theoretical applications. Using a rubric to assess translation ability: defining the construct / Claudia V. Angelelli -- Moving beyond words in assessing mediated interaction: measuring interactional competence in healthcare settings / Holly E. Jacobson -- Part II. The development of assessment instruments: empirical approaches. The perks of norm-referenced translation evaluation / June Eyckmans, Philippe Anckaert and Winibert Segers -- Revisiting Carroll's scales / Elisabet Tiselius -- Meaning-oriented assessment of translations: SFL and its application to formative assessment / Mira Kim -- Assessing cohesion: developing assessment tools on the basis of comparable corpora / Brian James Baer and Tatyana Bystrova-McIntyre -- Assessing software localization: for a valid approach / Keiran Dunne -- Part III. Professional certification: lessons from case studies. The predictive validity of admission tests for conference interpreting courses in Europe: a case study / Šárka Timarová and Harry Ungoed-Thomas -- Getting it right from the start: program admission testing of signed language interpreters / Karen Bontempo and Jemina Napier -- Standards as critical success factors in assessment: certifying social interpreters in Flanders, Belgium / Hildegard Vermeiren, Jan Van Gucht and Leentje De Bontridder -- Assessing ASL-English interpreters: the Canadian model of national certification / Debra Russell and Karen Malcolm.
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