evaluation of functional disability using proper instruments, like health assessment questionnaire (haq) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ra), is necessary not only for quality of life assessment, but also as a useful marker for disease activity. haq has been translated into many languages. to validate the persian version of stanford haq. persian version of the haq (pe-haq) with culturall...

the present exploratory study aimed to construct and apply a localized questionnaireto investigate the cultural orientations of iranian english translation students. it alsoexamined the relationship between cultural orientations of iranian englishtranslation students, their gender, and translation quality. this mixed-methods study,in the first phase, used focus group interviews to form a pool o...

Abstract Nowadays, in the globalised context which we find ourselves, language barriers can still be an obstacle to accessing information. On occasions, it is impossible satisfy demand for translation by relying only human translators, therefore, tools such as Machine Translation (MT) are gaining popularity due their potential overcome this problem. Consequently, research field constantly growi...

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...