Translation of Questionnaires in Cross-National Social Surveys: A Niche with its Own Theoretical Framework and Methodology

• Authors: Przepiórkowska Danuta
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper describes the niche of questionnaire translation in cross-national surveys and its characteristics (theoretical framework and scholarly reflection, methodology, practice of questionnaire translation), indicating some gaps to be filled by future Translation Studies research in this subfield.

Keywords

EN

translation; questionnaires; cross-national surveys; comparative research

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Między Oryginałem a Przekładem
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 31
• Pages: 121-135

Contributors

author

Przepiórkowska Danuta

• GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences and University of Warsaw

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