INTRODUCTION Translation quality is a central issue in the translation profession and one of the most controversial topics in translation studies today. In one aspect, translation quality is a direct result of the translation process, which cannot be separated from the principal actor in the process, namely the translator. Subsequently, translator competence is always called into question whene...

background symptoms of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (gerd) affect health-related quality of life (hrqol). when a questionnaire is translated into a new language, linguistic validation is necessary, yet insufficient, unless the psychometric characteristics have been verified. the aim of this study is to document the translation and psychometric validation of the persian translation of the qu...

The evaluation of machine translation (MT) systems is a vital field of research, both for determining the effectiveness of existing MT systems and for optimizing the performance of MT systems. This part describes a range of different evaluation approaches used in the GALE community and introduces evaluation protocols and methodologies used in the program. We discuss the development and use of a...

drawing on henri meschonnic’s notion of an “inscient ethics,” and putting “inscience” into dialogue with the old ideal of a “science” of translation, the article explores the collective socio-affective ecologies that organize and regulate social and professional norms and values of translation below the level of conscious awareness—as the true underlying structure not only of “subjectivity” (so...

introduction: acceptance test is a necessary procedure after spect system installation. the goal of this test is to reveal system's present condition, to compare it with manufacturer's specifications and also as a base for later tests. methods: this study investigated four spect systems in tehran. all of the quality control tests are performed on the basis of nema and iaea recommendations and b...

Considering the statement that errors can affect the quality of translations, the need to adopt an objective model to analyze these errors has been one of the most debated issues in translation quality assessment. In recent decades, some objective models have emerged with an error analysis nature according to which evaluators can make decisions on the quality of translations. In this study, Met...

In this paper we will present a maximum entropy filter for the translation rules of a statistical machine translation system based on tree transducers. This filter can be successfully used to reduce the number of translation rules by more than 70% without negatively affecting translation quality as measured by BLEU. For some filter configurations, translation quality is even improved. Our inves...

During the last 20 years, large-scale international assessments in education became part of research. The increased number countries participating studies PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS translation their assessment instruments many languages world is accompanied by request to ensure quality. Translation quality its management are an important concern for TIMMS, PIRLS. linguistics control centres have d...

In this paper we present an integrated view of translation and admission control relations for MPEG video streams between a multimedia distributed application such as video-on-demand, and its underlying system resource, CPU. Both services are presented as core services of our Quality of Service (QoS) communication model. This communication model is analyzed for diierent MPEG grouping schemes an...