Bringing Translation Out of the Shadows: Translation as an Issue of Methodological Significance in Cross-Cultural Qualitative Research
Bringing Translation Out of the Shadows: Translation as an Issue of Methodological Significance in Cross-Cultural Qualitative Research
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DOI：
10.1177/1043659609357637
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发表时间：
2010-04-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Poon, Maurice Kwong-Lai
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作者：
Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing;Poon, Maurice Kwong-Lai
翻译是跨文化研究中不可或缺的一部分，但一直被忽视。翻译是一个客观、中立的过程，译者是翻译的“技术人员”。本文从翻译研究的角度出发，结合三位粤英双语译者的翻译实践，探讨了跨文化定性研究中有关翻译的方法论问题。他们认为，只有让翻译可见并通过公开对话，研究人员才能发现研究数据中蕴藏的丰富性，并促进多种认知方式。
Translation is an integral component of cross-cultural research that has remained invisible. It is commonly assumed that translation is an objective and neutral process, in which the translators are "technicians" in producing texts in different languages. Drawing from the field of translation studies and the findings of a translation exercise conducted with three bilingual Cantonese-English translators, the authors highlight some of the methodological issues about translation in cross-cultural qualitative research. They argue that only by making translation visible and through open dialogue can researchers uncover the richness embedded in the research data and facilitate multiple ways of knowing.