Evaluation, Language, and Untranslatables

Autor/inn/en	Dahler-Larsen, Peter; Abma, Tineke; Bustelo, María; Irimia, Roxana; Kosunen, Sonja; Kravchuk, Iryna; Minina, Elena; Segerholm, Christina; Shiroma, Eneida; Stame, Nicoletta; Tshali, Charlie Kabanga
Titel	Evaluation, Language, and Untranslatables
Quelle	In: American Journal of Evaluation, 38 (2017) 1, S.114-125 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-2140
DOI	10.1177/1098214016678682
Schlagwörter	Cultural Awareness; Technology Transfer; Translation; Vocabulary; Consultants; Evaluators; Language Skills; Evaluation Research; Language Variation; Cultural Differences; Discourse Analysis; Second Languages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Technologietransfer; Wortschatz; Consultant; Berater; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Evaluationsforschung; Sprachenvielfalt; Kultureller Unterschied; Diskursanalyse; Second language; Zweitsprache
Abstract	The issue of translatability is pressing in international evaluation, in global transfer of evaluative instruments, in comparative performance management, and in culturally responsive evaluation. Terms that are never fully understood, digested, or accepted may continue to influence issues, problems, and social interactions in and around and after evaluations. Their meanings can be imposed or reinvented. Untranslatable terms are not just "lost in translation" but may produce overflows that do not go away. The purpose of this article is to increase attention to the issue of translatability in evaluation by means of specific "exemplars." We provide a short dictionary of such exemplars delivered by evaluators, consultants, and teachers who work across a variety of contexts. We conclude with a few recommendations: highlight frictions in translatability by deliberately circulating and discussing words of relevance that appear to be "foreign"; increase the language skills of evaluators; and make research on frictions in translation an articulate part of the agenda for research on evaluation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01