References on language test translation/adaptation

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Friend & Keplinger (2008) report on the procedures for adapting a behavioral
vocabulary measure from American-English to Mexican-Spanish and on potential
cultural issues that arose.  Here is the full reference:
Friend, M. & Keplinger, M. (2008). Reliability and validity of the
Computerized Comprehension Task (CCT): data from American English and
Mexican Spanish infants. Journal of Child Language, 35,  77-98.Good luck!
Maggie Friend


On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Dan I. Slobin <slobin at berkeley.edu> wrote:

>  Dear Tobias,
>
> Are you interested in sign languages too?  Nini Hoiting has made a version
> of the MCDI in Sign Language of the Netherlands;
> Judy Reilly has done the same for American Sign Language.  I'm cc'ing this
> to them.
>
> Best,
> Dan
>
> At 05:29 AM 3/13/2008, you wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am currently searching for literature (for my dissertation) regarding
> translation/adaptation of languages tests from one language to aonther
> language. I found a few articles on the translation of the PPVT to Spanish,
> and the translation of the McArthur-Bates.
>
> Does anyone on this list know about articles (and the like) that deal with
> the problem of translating language tests into another language?
>
> I would collect all replies and provide a complete list of references on
> this topic to this list later on.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> regrads,
>
> Tobias
>
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