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Developing Multiple Language Versions of Instruments for Intercultural Research
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This article examines the strengths and weaknesses of several translation techniques currently in use through the lens of emerging opinions on the science and ethics of intercultural research. Broad scientific and ethical dimensions relevant to translating instruments and a distinction between generating multiple language forms of two kinds of instruments are introduced: those in which wording in the source language cannot be altered and those in which constraints of the target language can lead to changes in the original instrument’s wording. Developmental psychologists engaged in intercultural research can consider techniques for minimizing the influence of Western perspectives while pursuing conceptual equivalence in order to satisfy science’s concern for internal validity of translated instruments.
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“one of the authors of the current study (L.N.), native speaker of Dutch and Portuguese and familiar with the respective cultures, individually translated the items to Portuguese (forward translation; World Health Organization, 2015). The other authors (native speakers of Portuguese and fluent in English) translated back the items to English and confirmed the correspondence of each item's content (”
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“The process of translation involves translating from English to Chinese (forward translation; World Health Organization, 2020) and Chinese back to English (back translation; Erkut, 2010).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Erkut, S.
- Affiliations
- Wellesley Centers for Women (US)
- Corresponding author
- Erkut, Sumru
- Venue
- Child Development Perspectives
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2010-03-11
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 19-24
- ISSN
- 1750-8592 (ISSN-L)
- 1750-8606
- PMC
- PMC3060794
- OpenAlex
- W2057433716
- Cited by
- 241
- References
- 28
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- FWCI
- 8.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Child Development Perspectives (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD030592)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Health Education and Validation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Keywords
- instrument translation, cross-cultural research, conceptual equivalence, translation strategies, internal validity, multilingual questionnaires
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