Readers of this informative series on good practice in survey translation are aware that the Economic Migration Barometer is a fictitious project, which we set up for the exclusive purpose of the series. The purpose ... Read more >
By now, readers of this informative series on good practice in survey translation are aware that the Economic Migration Barometer is a fictitious project, which we set up for the exclusive purpose of the series. ... Read more >
cApStAn has made in to the Top 100 on this year's edition of the Slator LSP Index. We are listed in the category of the "Boutique Language Service Providers". cApStAn is the only ... Read more >
By now, readers of this informative series on good practice in Economic Migration survey adaptation and translation are aware that the Economic Migration Barometer is a fictitious project, which we set up for the ... Read more >
by Steve Dept, cApStAn CEO
Please don’t spend too much time looking up the Economic Migration Barometer. It is a fictitious project, which we set up for the exclusive purpose of this informative ... Read more >
by Steve Dept, cApStAn CEO
All language service providers will claim that they only work with experienced translators, which is mostly true, but this does not per se ensure translation quality. Serious organisations – and there are many – will invest time in preparing their survey ... Read more >
When translating a survey, a linguistically correct, fluent translation does not ensure that same constructs are measured, that the survey questions are understood the same way or, for that matter, that comparable data will be collected with the translated survey questionnaire. ... Read more >
In general, the press reports too much on country ranking and benchmarking, and too little on more interesting data such as within-country variance; gender equality in the three OECD PISA studies domains; resources invested in education; the correlation between the students' (and schools') socioeconomic status and their performance on ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Despite the global movement for greater recognition of gender diversity, few major surveys and censuses use non-binary gender questions outside the health and medical fields. One year ago we wrote an article on this ... Read more >
If you are attending the 8th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, ESRA, in Zagreb (July 15-19) do take the time to visit our booth and meet cApStAn CEO Steve Dept and questionnaire adaptation specialist Elica Krajčeva. Both are field practitioners, and at this edition of the Conference, on ... Read more >