Equivalence of noise annoyance scales in Japanese and English: An experiment using bilingual subjects
Equivalence of noise annoyance scales in Japanese and English: An experiment using bilingual subjects
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日语和英语噪声烦恼量表的等效性：使用双语受试者的实验
DOI：
10.1250/ast.25.144
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发表时间：
2004
影响因子：
0.7
通讯作者：
T. Yano
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作者：
K. Masden;T. Yano
ICBEN（国际噪音生物效应委员会）第6小组（社区对噪音的反应）建立的方法已被用于开发九种语言的等效噪音烦恼量表。这种方法的一个关键假设是，讲不同语言的受试者对“最高程度”烦恼的解释是相似的。在这项研究中，实验进行了使用73双语的主题，以测试这一假设，从而评估的等效性的日语和英语的ICBEN量表。所有双语受试者都遵循稍微修改过的ICBEN方法来生成日语和英语的量表。结果表明，英语和日语为母语的受试者没有显着差异，在他们的解释“最高程度”的烦恼。因此，ICBEN方法的一个关键前提是在不同的语言产生等效的规模被确认为英语和日语。此外，虽然日语修饰语“hijoni”经常被翻译为“非常”，但本研究的结果表明，“极其”是一个更合适的翻译。最后，有证据表明，双语受试者可能会显着不同，从单语受试者在他们的某些词的解释。
A method established by ICBEN (International Commission on the Biological Effects of Noise) Team 6 (Community Response to Noise) has been used to develop equivalent noise annoyance scales in nine languages. A key assumption of this method is that subjects who speak different languages interpret the concept of “highest degree” of annoyance similarly. In this study, an experiment was conducted using 73 bilingual subjects to test this assumption and thereby assess the equivalence of the Japanese and English ICBEN scales. All of the bilingual subjects followed a slightly modified version of the ICBEN method to produce scales in both Japanese and English. The results indicate that English- and Japanese-speaking subjects do not differ significantly in their interpretations of the “highest degree” of annoyance. Thus, a key premise of the ICBEN method for producing equivalent scales in different languages was confirmed for English and Japanese. In addition, although the Japanese modifier “hijoni” has frequently been translated as “very,” the results of this study show that “extremely” is a more appropriate translation. Finally, evidence was found that bilingual subjects may differ significantly from monolingual subjects in their interpretations of certain words.