The Good Guys and the Bad Guys: The Behavior of Lenient and Demanding Translation Evaluators

• Published in: Meta (Montréal) Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 763 - 786
• Main Author: Conde, Tomás
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Montreal Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal 01.09.2012; Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, Etudes Francaises
• Subjects: Feedback; Hypotheses; Interpreters; Students; Teaching; Translation; Translation Methods and Strategies; Translation studies; Translations

The behavior of demanding and lenient evaluators is analyzed and discussed. Little is known about the process of translation evaluation, specifically on how different types of evaluators perform. The 88 subjects of this study were classified as demanding or lenient on the basis of the average qualit...