Testing and Assessment of Interpreting

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Testing and Assessment of Interpreting in China: An Overview

   • Jing Chen, Chao Han

   Pages 1-12

3. Rater-mediated assessment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Introducing China’s Standards of English Language Ability (CSE)—Interpreting Competence Scales

      • Weiwei Wang

      Pages 15-43

   3. Developing a Weighting Scheme for Assessing Chinese-to-English Interpreting: Evidence from Native English-Speaking Raters

      • Xiaoqi Shang

      Pages 45-65

   4. Rubric-Based Self-Assessment of Chinese-English Interpreting

      • Wei Su

      Pages 67-84

   5. Detecting and Measuring Rater Effects in Interpreting Assessment: A Methodological Comparison of Classical Test Theory, Generalizability Theory, and Many-Facet Rasch Measurement

      • Chao Han

      Pages 85-113

4. Automatic assessment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Quantitative Correlates as Predictors of Judged Fluency in Consecutive Interpreting: Implications for Automatic Assessment and Pedagogy

      • Wenting Yu, Vincent J. van Heuven

      Pages 117-142

   3. Chasing the Unicorn? The Feasibility of Automatic Assessment of Interpreting Fluency

      • Zhiwei Wu

      Pages 143-158

   4. Exploring a Corpus-Based Approach to Assessing Interpreting Quality

      • Yanmeng Liu

      Pages 159-178

   5. Coh-Metrix Model-Based Automatic Assessment of Interpreting Quality

      • Lingwei Ouyang, Qianxi Lv, Junying Liang

      Pages 179-200

This book highlights reliable, valid and practical testing and assessment of interpreting, presenting important developments in China, where testing and assessment have long been a major concern for interpreting educators and researchers, but have remained largely under-reported. The book not only offers theoretical insights into potential issues and problems undermining interpreting assessment, but also describes useful measurement models to address such concerns. Showcasing the latest Chinese research to create rubrics-referenced rating scales, enhance formative assessment practice, and explore (semi-)automated assessment, the book is a valuable resource for educators, trainers and researchers, enabling to gain a better understanding of interpreting testing and assessment as both a worthwhile endeavor and a promising research area.

• Interpreting Testing and Assessment
• Interpreting
• Interpreting Studies
• Translation and Interpreting
• Interpreting Quality Assessment
• translation studies

“The book … has a clearly defined, welcome thematic focus. … The chapters provide excellent models and pertinent suggestions for further research, which should entice quantitatively minded junior and senior researchers and scholars alike.” (David B. Sawyer, Interpreting, Vol. 24 (1), 2022)

• Research Institute of Interpreting Studies, College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

  Jing Chen, Chao Han

​Professor Jing Chen is currently the Dean of the College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University, China. Her research interests include interpreting quality assessment and interpreting pedagogy. She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals in English and Chinese (e.g., Interpreter and Translator Trainer, Language Assessment Quarterly, Chinese Translators Journal), and she has led several large-scale research projects funded by the European Union (i.e., Asia Link - the EU-Asia Interpreting Studies) and the China National Social Sciences Foundation (NSSF). Currently, she is the Principle Investigator of a major national-level research project funded by NSSF (2018-2022). She is also serving as the Deputy Director of the National Interpreting Committee of the Translators Association of China. In 2011 she was honored by China’s Ministry of Education in the New Century Talent Program for her outstanding intellectual and academic achievements.

Professor Chao Han is currently affiliated with the College of International Studies, Southwest University, China. He conducted his PhD research at the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University (Sydney), focusing on interpreter certification performance testing. His research interests include testing and assessment of translation and interpreting (T&I), evidence-based T&I studies, and research methodology. His recent publications have appeared in such journals as Interpreting, Perspectives, Language Testing, Language Assessment Quarterly, and Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. Currently, he is the Principle Investigator in an  NSSF-funded project to develop rubrics-referenced rating scales for interpreter certification performance testing. (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6712-0555)

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