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What is Translation Error

Chapter 13
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
Any lack of congruence between the source text and the target text. This includes discongruities in meaning and failures in use of the target language according to standard norms, as interpreted by the evaluator. Translation errors are governed by the translation brief; a translation error under one brief can be an acceptable solution under another brief.
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The ATA Flowchart and Framework as a Differentiated Error-Marking Scale in Translation Teaching
Geoffrey S. Koby (Kent State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 34
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6615-3.ch013
Abstract
Translation evaluation remains problematic, with industry marking errors with points-off systems while teachers use points-off and rubrics. Many rubrics are not adequately operationalized. Needed is an error category and severity system sufficiently differentiated for useful feedback and streamlined to enable feedback to large numbers. The American Translators Association (ATA) Flowchart for Error Point Decisions and Framework for Standardized Error Marking has been adapted for the classroom. This chapter provides statistics on errors and severities marked in two groups: 63 translations by German>English graduate students marked by the author and 17 examinations from the 2006 ATA Certification Examination marked by ATA graders. The predominant categories assigned to students are Punctuation, Usage, Mistranslation, Addition, and Misunderstanding, while ATA papers show Misunderstanding, Omission, Terminology, Literalness, Ambiguity, Grammar, and Style. Misunderstanding rated as the most serious error for both. Transfer errors are more frequently marked and more severely rated than grammar or language errors.
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Chapter 6
A Learner Corpus Study of Attributive Clauses and Passive Voice in Student Translations
A translation error arises from the existence of a relationship between a Target Text and a Source Text during the transfer and movement from the Source Text to the Target Text.
Published in Chapter: A Learner Corpus Study of Attributive Clauses and Passive Voice in Student Translations; From: Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
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