%0 Journal Article 
%A Martínez Mateo, Roberto
%T Aligning	qualitative	and	quantitative	approaches	in	professional	translation	quality assessment
%D 2016
%@ 1989-0796
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/30326
%X Translation Quality Assessment in professional translation is a long-debated issue that is still unsettled today, partly,
due to the wide range of possible approaches. Given the elusive nature of the quality concept, first, it must be defined
from a multifaceted and all-embracing viewpoint. Simultaneously and from a textual perspective, the quality notion
must be defined as a notion of relative (and not absolute) adequacy with respect to a framework previously agreed by
parties at stake (petitioner and translator). The backbone of this structure is formed by revision parameters. Hence, in
former studies, the two mainstream quality assessment models in professional translation were analysed. On the one
hand, there are those based on a “bottom-up” approach, which rely on microlinguistic point-deduction error schemes
and, on the other hand, the “top-down” approaches, whose assessment provides a macrolinguistic valuation of the
target text using assessment rubrics. Both perspectives stand at the ends of the quality continuum, providing essential
cues for a holistic analysis of the translated text and, at the same time, reciprocally make up for the deficiencies
inherent to the other model. Consequently, and with a view to design a global and comprehensive assessment model
for professional translation, it is necessary to set a sound framework of reference based on a limited number of
clearly and objectively revision parameters. As a result, in line with what has been explained above, a preliminar
alignment between the recurrent and essential revision parameters of those long-lived and reputed models and the
dimensions which define a quality construct that brings together the strengths of both mainstream models is put
forward.

%K Quality Assessment
%K Quantitative
%K Qualitative
%K Alignment
%K Parameters
%K Evaluación de calidad
%K Modelos cuantitativos
%K Cualitativos
%K Alineación
%K Parámetros
%K Filología
%K Philology
%K Humanidades
%K Humanities
%~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala