Translation Testing

1. A translation may be understanding the ST correctly and understandable but the form sounds "foreign"

• A. Inaccuracy

• B. Unnaturalness

• C. Unclarity

The following sentence is TRUE or FALSE ?

“Initial draft is a second draft including back translation, comprehension checks, naturalness checks and readability checks”

• True

• False

There are three main reasons for testing a translation, the translator wants to make sure the translation is accuracy, (a)   and naturalness

According to Larson (1984), how many ways of testing there are?

(a)  

Back-translation is by having someone else, who is …... in the source and receptor languages, make a back-translation of the translated text into the source language.

(a)  

The comparison is a …..., done by the translator or one who is good at both languages

(a)  

The purpose of comprehension tests is to find out what the translation is …….to the intended readers.

(a)  

In the ........... tests, testers ask someone to read the translation aloud. As they read, the tester will notice any places where the reader hesitates.

• Naturalness tests

• Readability tests

• Back-translation

• Consistency checks

The purpose of ....... tests is to see if the form of the translation is natural and the style appropriate. This testing is done by reviewers.

• Naturalness tests

• Readability tests

• Comprehension tests

• Consistency checks

The size of type, punctuation, spelling, size of margins and space between lines may not affect the readability tests.

• True

• False