Lost in translation: reflecting on a model to reduce translation and interpretation bias.
Lost in translation: reflecting on a model to reduce translation and interpretation bias.
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10.2174/1874434600903010025
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2009-06-23
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van Teijlingen E
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Kirkpatrick P;van Teijlingen E
本文反思了在尼泊尔使用翻译进行跨文化公共卫生研究时所面临的语言和翻译挑战以及所使用的干预措施。 跨文化研究和国际研究的增长凸显了翻译人员的使用以及研究人员在用一种语言收集数据并用另一种语言分析和报告时面临的文化和语言问题的相关挑战。研究文献和翻译中经常忽视使用翻译时的具体挑战，并且研究方法和/或讨论中省略了解释过程。本文探讨了 2006 年尼泊尔年轻人性与生殖健康 (SRH) 跨文化研究中一位英语护士研究员与翻译团队合作的经历和挑战。本文采用案例研究方法。我们在四个星期内收集了观察环境的数据，并通过问卷调查（以结构化访谈的方式进行）和护士研究员的现场记录来确定加德满都谷地两个村庄参与者的性健康和生殖健康知识和实践。这提供了有关笔译和口译活动的信息。研究人员模型中确定了研究过程中可能发生错误的阶段，并讨论了为尽量减少这些错误而采取的干预措施，从而澄清了在该领域进行研究时的观点和观点。用护士研究员不会说的语言反思数据收集过程中的翻译和口译挑战，可以帮助减少（或避免）潜在的错误和错误。本文反思了实地工作期间出现的翻译过程模型，该模型有助于了解发生了哪些事件以及采取了哪些行动来获得最准确的数据。使用这样的模型进行跨文化实地考察可能对新手和成熟的研究人员都有用。
This paper reflects on the language and translation challenges faced and interventions used whilst undertaking cross-cultural public health research in Nepal using translators. The growth in cross-cultural studies and international research highlights the use of translators and the associated challenges for researchers with regard to cultural and linguistic issues when collecting data in one language and analysing and reporting in another. The specific challenges when using translators are frequently overlooked in the research literature and translators and the interpretation processes omitted from the research methodology and/or discussion. The experiences and challenges for an English-speaking nurse researcher working with a team of translators in a cross-cultural study on the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of young people in Nepal, in 2006, is explored in this paper. The paper employs a case study approach. Data were collected over four weeks observing the settings, and the SRH knowledge and practices of participants in two villages in Kathmandu Valley were identified using a questionnaire, which was administered as a structured interview, and from the nurse researcher’s field notes. This provided information on the translation and interpretation events. Stages in the research process where error could occur are identified in the researchers model and the interventions taken to minimise these are discussed which clarify perspectives and opinions when researching in the field. Reflecting on translation and interpretation challenges during the data collection process in a language which the nurse researcher does not speak, can help reduce (or avoid) potential mistakes and error. The paper reflects on a model of translation processes which emerged during fieldwork which helps understand what events happened and what actions were taken to obtain the most accurate data. Using a model such as this for cross cultural fieldwork may be useful for both novice and established researchers.