Chinese translation norms for 1,429 English words.

ABSTRACT: We present Chinese translation norms for 1,429 English words. Chinese-English bilinguals (N = 28) were asked to provide the first Chinese translation that came to mind for 1,429 English words. The results revealed that 71 % of the English words received more than one correct translation indicating the large amount of translation ambiguity when translating from English to Chinese. The relationship between translation ambiguity and word frequency, concreteness and language proficiency was investigated. Although the significant correlations were not strong, results revealed that English word frequency was positively correlated with the number of alternative translations, whereas English word concreteness was negatively correlated with the number of translations. Importantly, regression analys

SUBMITTER: Wen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5429370 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature