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Translating Answers to Open-ended Survey Questions in Cross-cultural Research: A Case Study on the Interplay between Translation, Coding, and Analysis
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Abstract Open-ended probing questions in cross-cultural surveys help uncover equivalence problems in cross-cultural survey research. For languages that a project team does not understand, probe answers need to be translated into a common project language. This article presents a case study on translating ope... view more
Open-ended probing questions in cross-cultural surveys help uncover equivalence problems in cross-cultural survey research. For languages that a project team does not understand, probe answers need to be translated into a common project language. This article presents a case study on translating open-ended, that is, narrative answers. It describes how the translation can be approached to obtain high-quality translations and how translation, coding of answers, and analysis of codes are all deeply interwoven. While the translation of narrative answers is a small field of application, the article's content is also relevant for those who are increasingly setting up cross-cultural cognitive interviewing or for qualitative researchers in general who pay increased attention to the translation of qualitative research data.... view less
Keywords
translation; interview; coding; intercultural factors; cross-culturality; online survey; survey research; questionnaire; case study; data; data preparation; data quality; translator; research process
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Free Keywords
translation; open-ended questions; probing; qualitative research; cross-cultural research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 284-299
Journal
Field Methods, 27 (2015) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X14553175
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications