Translating Verbal Reasoning Tests: How Difficult Can it Be?
It can be quite a skill to translate a verbal reasoning test, and there is plenty to watch out for. In this blog post, we look at some of the complexities.
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What is the Difference Between Translation and Adaptation in Psychometric Testing? (Guest Post)
Taking psychometric test items abroad is about so much more than translation. In our second guest post, Dr. Joy Matthews-López talks about some of the considerations she has faced in the past adapting her items for Mexico.
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.
Translation of assessments for different audiences
How do you carry out translations of assessments for children and for people whose knowledge of English may be limited?
This was a question that was posed to us at a SIOP conference.
When doing translations, it is very important to have a discussion with the client about the target audience for their assessments, tests or certifications.
Translation in the Content Marketing Era
For most of us, the way we buy products and services has changed greatly over the last few years. The extent to which having a native-speaker produce marketing content really counts cannot be underestimated, and making sure the content sounds as natural as possible in the foreign versions must be the number one aim.
SIOP 2015: What to consider when translating I/O assessments
We have a great deal of experience in translating, localising and adapting assessments into other languages, so just what needs to be considered? We recommend that a review of assessment items be carried out prior to any translation project to ascertain whether all the items could be used in another country.
