Forward Translation and Back Translation: Do They Improve Quality?
Blogs on Assessments, Certifications, Comms Multilingual News & Blog, Psychometrics, Translation topics
In this post, we dive into a popular methodology employed to bridge the linguistic and cultural gaps in high-stakes assessments: forward translation and back translation.
Using CAT Tools to Translate Psychometric Assessments
CAT tools can be an immense help in the translation process. But to reuse translated content in the area of psychometric assessments, you have to be careful.
Test Adaptation: A Psychometric Perspective (Guest Post)
Comms has been asking industry thought leaders to provide guest contributions for our blog. In her first post for Comms Multilingual, Dr. Joy Matthews-López, Senior Psychometrician at the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) writes about test adaptation and equivalence of translated and adapted versions to the original.
Upcoming Conferences & Exhibitions
Meet Comms Multilingual at the 2026 International e-Assessment Conference
June 08, 2026 - June 10, 2026
We are excited to announce that we’ll be exhibiting at the 2026 International e-Assessment Conference, taking place from 8–10 June 2026 in London. We support assessment and credentialing organisations with translation, localisation and multilingual assessment services, helping to deliver accurate, culturally relevant and reliable content across languages. Visit us at Booth 13.
