A Cognitive Approach to the Compilation of Test Materials for the Evaluation of Translator's Skills

Authors

  • Elena Berg Уральский Государственный Юридический Университет [The Ural State Law University], Ekaterinburg , Уральский Государственный Юридический Университет [The Ural State Law University], Jekaterynburg
  • Mark Kit University of Washington, Seattle , University of Washington, Seattle

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11649/cs.2016.009

Keywords:

translation quality, general cognitive ability, translators’ cognitive ability, evaluation of translators, cognitive ability

Abstract

This paper discusses the importance of a cognitive approach to the evaluation of translator’s skills. The authors set forth their recommendations for the compilation of test materials for the evaluation of translators’ cognitive ability.

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Published

2016-12-31

Issue

No. 16 (2016)

Section

Semantics, Corpus Linguistics and Computer Linguistics

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Copyright (c) 2016 Elena Berg, Mark Kit

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