Putting the exam to the test
Psychometric validation and interpreter certification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6152206 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Clifford (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 97-131 |
| Publication date | 2005-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interpreting International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1384-6647 • E-ISSN: 1569-982X |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/intp.7.1.06cli |
| OpenAlex | W2009348101 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
In this article, the author makes a distinction between the quality-oriented assessment prevalent in translation and interpreting and the psychometric evaluation common in other disciplines. He suggests that the latter is a more appropriate approach for interpreter certification, an assessment situation where inferential decisions are made. He demonstrates how such research might be carried out in interpreting by validating both an existing conference interpreter certification test and a new test constructed according to measurement and evaluation principles
Certification · Epistemology · Evaluation methods · Interpreter · Natural language processing · Political science · Programming language · Quality (philosophy · Quality assessment · Reliability engineering · Test (biology · Computer Science · Engineering · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Psychology
Modeling listeners’ perceptions of quality in consecutive interpreting
Interpreting testing and assessment
Mapping interpreting studies
Developing an analytic scale for assessing undergraduate students’ consecutive interpreting performances
Using rating scales to assess interpretation
Holistic assessment of consecutive interpretation
Investigating rater severity/leniency in interpreter performance testing
Test validation in interpreter certification performance testing
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |