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    This document discusses various methods for reviewing translations, including those proposed by Nida and Larson. Nida's methods involve having readers fill in or read translations with words removed to evaluate clarity. Larson's methods include comparing translations to the source text, back-translation, comprehension tests, consistency checks, naturalness tests, and readability tests. The goal of review is to identify any issues with the translation's accuracy, clarity, or naturalness in the target language. Review should be an ongoing process starting early in translation.

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    This document discusses various methods for reviewing translations, including those proposed by Nida and Larson. Nida's methods involve having readers fill in or read translations with words removed to evaluate clarity. Larson's methods include comparing translations to the source text, back-translation, comprehension tests, consistency checks, naturalness tests, and readability tests. The goal of review is to identify any issues with the translation's accuracy, clarity, or naturalness in the target language. Review should be an ongoing process starting early in translation.

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    This document discusses various methods for reviewing translations, including those proposed by Nida and Larson. Nida's methods involve having readers fill in or read translations with words removed to evaluate clarity. Larson's methods include comparing translations to the source text, back-translation, comprehension tests, consistency checks, naturalness tests, and readability tests. The goal of review is to identify any issues with the translation's accuracy, clarity, or naturalness in the target language. Review should be an ongoing process starting early in translation.

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    Translation Review Methods

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    This document discusses various methods for reviewing translations, including those proposed by Nida and Larson. Nida's methods involve having readers fill in or read translations with words removed to evaluate clarity. Larson's methods include comparing translations to the source text, back-translation, comprehension tests, consistency checks, naturalness tests, and readability tests. The goal of review is to identify any issues with the translation's accuracy, clarity, or naturalness in the target language. Review should be an ongoing process starting early in translation.

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    TRANSLATION REVIEW

    METHODS
    Translation review neglected

    the need for reviewing translations


    grounded on concrete findings
    Review in steps

    On-going process, starting in the


    early stages of translating

    Final review
    Nidas translation review methods

    purposes: adopting readers stance


    permanent activity
    checking the TLT for readability and
    acceptability
    detachment from SLT
    Nidas translation review methods
    1. closing technique:
    Delete every 5th word from a 250-word
    TLT and have it filled in by a potential
    TL reader

    The easier / better the recovery, the


    better the translation
    Nidas review methods
    2. omit every 10th word from a text;
    read it aloud to qualified readers

    count the wrong solutions: the


    amount of wrong solutions can be
    indicative of the communicative
    effectiveness of the translation
    Nidas review methods
    3. reading the TLT aloud by two/three
    target receivers

    Focus on similar problems that they


    announce
    Nidas review methods
    4. comprehension check by asking
    someone to read silently and explain the
    content

    Interpretation problems are thus


    identified
    Nidas review methods
    5. reading the TLT and answering open
    questions (no answer versions provided)
    Nidas review methods
    6. preliminary review of a representative
    fragment of the book

    Translated fragment(s) read by a few


    qualified readers who should mark the
    problematic spots (clear, natural, fluent,
    etc. + suggestions)
    Nidas review methods
    7. offering alternative translations to
    qualified readers for assessment

    Comments, arguments

    Options
    Larsons review methods

    Features of TLT (purposes):


    Accurate

    Clear

    Natural
    Larsons translation review methods

    Comparison with the SL


    Back-translation
    Comprehension tests
    Consistency checks
    Naturalness tests
    Readability tests
    (M. L. Larson, 1997)
    1 Comparison with the SLT

    Several times during translating


    Comparison at several levels
    Final comparison: for equivalence of
    information content
    Comparison = self-check usu. by the
    translator
    Objective, critical review margin notes
    Communicative equivalence
    2 Back-translation

    Translating back into the SL by


    someone not having read the original
    = communication equivalence
    checking, not naturalness
    Checks differences in meaning
    A rather literal rendering of the ST in
    the TL (lexical items literally
    translated)
    3 Comprehension tests

    Purpose: whether the translation is


    correctly understood, what it communicates
    = retelling the content of the translation
    and answering questions (ideally not done
    by the translator, but by someone fluent in
    the TL)
    Keeping clear records of the testing results
    Info about: discourse style, theme, details
    4 Consistency checks

    Related to content and formatting


    Consistent terminology, spelling,
    quotations, references, notes,
    punctuation, foreign words
    5 Naturalness test

    checking for whether the form of the translation


    is natural and the style appropriate (Larson,
    1997: 542)
    Detachment from SLT
    checking the natural flow of the TL text by
    reading through the entire short story/
    fragment at one time
    marking the deficient spots (sounding
    unnatural/ weird/ foreign/ unclear/ incoherent)
    without really interrupting the flow of the
    reading
    Re-reading the marked spots, analysis,
    correction
    6 Readability test

    involves a reviewer reading aloud and the


    translator marking the spots where the readers
    fluency is affected by hesitations, stops, or re-
    reading.

    Reviewer: other than the translator, needs to be


    by all means a member of the target audience, a
    potential user of the translated text.
    (Larson, 1997: 544)

    Or: translators self-checking for readability


    (reading aloud or silently), on condition of the
    translators detachment from the original text.
    Class review
    Students agreeing, in teams, on a
    final translation version out of
    several individual ones.
    Conclusions

    deficient translation spots can be


    identified by applying review
    methods

    need for enhanced attention to


    translation review to produce FINAL
    translations

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