Thursday, October 28 11:00 am EDT | 16:00 BST | 17:00 CEST REGISTER HERE Our favourite moment in our Live Webinar Series is always the Q&A session. That is when we get to interact with you directly, and gain insight into the challenges you are facing. That is when we can ... Read more >
Translation Verification instead of Back Translation Less-resource intensive | better documentation | higher quality Speakers: cApStAn's founding partners Steve Dept and Andrea Ferrari Recorded Live on Sept. 22, 2021 | Duration: 1 hr. In this webinar, the speakers will tell you why experts judge that the back translation design is inadequate, but also ... Read more >
cApStAn organises its language services into 22 modules, or building blocks. Depending on the client’s requirements, on time and resources available, and on the purpose and life cycle of the document, cApStAn will combine different modules to assemble a coherent project with the most suitable workflow. You will ultimately decide ... Read more >
Less-resource intensive, better documentation, higher quality Wednesday | September 22, 2021 10.30 EDT (New York) | 15.30 BST (London) | 16.30 CEST (Brussels) REGISTER HERE By popular demand, we’re presenting a new edition of a webinar by cApStAn founders by Andrea FERRARI and Steve DEPT: “Pros and cons of back ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village Francesca Borgonovi, from University College London, UK and Artur Pokropek, Educational Research Institute (IBE), Warsaw, Poland, take a broader perspective on socio-economic disparities in educational achievement and attainment a very well-researched study titled: "The evolution of socio-economic disparities in literacy ... Read more >
by Roberta Lizzi - Senior project manager, external human resources director When multinational surveys and assessments go digital, content creators, principal investigators or test owners tend to rely on platforms, not only for delivery, but also for the management of the translation process. These platforms can be off-the-shelf or developed ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village “International Non-Binary People’s Day” is celebrated ever year on the 14th of July since 2012 and is aimed at raising awareness around the issues faced by people who do not identify as male or female. The issue is gaining increasing ... Read more >
Download your free copy below EU-MIDIS II, the EU’s 2nd Minorities and Discrimination Survey, provides an interesting case study of a close and successful collaboration between the FRA, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, the survey organisation Ipsos MORI, and cApStAn LQC. The aim of the EU-MIDIS cycle of ... Read more >
Download your free copy below Looking at standardized tests and questionnaire content through the lens of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Bias Reduction (DEI-BR) Standardized tests and questionnaires are used in a variety of contexts such as admission to university, certification, accreditation, or hiring. Fairness, validity and reliability are objectives that ... Read more >
Download your free copy below Standardized tests and questionnaires are used in a variety of contexts: admission to university, certification, hiring, or collecting information about background variables, for example. Tests and surveys may come in more than one language. While this broadens the coverage, it may create disparities if the ... Read more >
REGISTER HERE Wednesday | June 2, 2021 9:00 a.m. PST, 12:00 p.m. EDT 5:00 p.m. BST, 6:00 p.m. CEST The Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS II), commissioned by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), was carried out by Ipsos MORI in 2015-2016. This involved 25,515 face-to-face interviews with people with ... Read more >
The Wondrous Adaptation Cycle of a PISA2018 Questionnaire Item (and Subsequent Evolutions) Speaker: Shinoh Lee, Survey Localisation Manager at cApStAn LQC Contributor: Elica Krajçeva, Survey Localisation Manager at cApStAn LQC Recorded on 09.03.2021 | Duration: 20 minutes Sophisticated translation designs have become the norm in high-stakes tests and are essential ... Read more >