Introduction. Testing and assessment in translation and interpreting studies: A call for dialogue between research and practice

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction. Testing and assessment in translation and interpreting studies: A call for dialogue between research and practice 1
4. Part 1. The development of assessment instruments: Theoretical applications
5. Using a rubric to assess translation ability: Defining the construct 13
6. Moving beyond words in assessing mediated interaction: Measuring interactional competence in healthcare settings 49
7. Part 2. The development of assessment instruments: Empirical approaches
8. The perks of norm-referenced translation evaluation 73
9. Revisiting Carroll's scales 95
10. Meaning-oriented assessment of translations: SFL and its application to formative assessment 123
11. Assessing cohesion: Developing assessment tools on the basis of comparable corpora 159
12. Assessing software localization: For a valid approach 185
13. Part 3. Professional certification: Lessons from case studies
14. The predictive validity of admission tests for interpreting courses in Europe: A case study 225
15. Getting it right from the start: Program admission testing of signed language interpreters 247
16. Standards as critical success factors in assessment: Certifying social interpreters in Flanders, Belgium 297
17. Assessing ASL-English interpreters: The Canadian model of national certification 331
18. Author index 377
19. Subject index 381