ERIC Number: EJ940941
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0826-435X
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Translating Interviews, Translating Lives: Ethical Considerations in Cross-Language Narrative Inquiry
Li, Yi
TESL Canada Journal, v28 spec iss n5 p16-30 Sum 2011
Through two narrative inquiries, in this article I explore the challenges for qualitative researchers in working with multiple languages in capturing, translating, analyzing, and representing narratives. I discuss the effect on research when we engage in these processes considering what was happening as we translated both texts and experience from one language into another. Woven into this discussion is attention to the effect that choosing one language or another might have on our research: the participants, the processes, and the findings. I consider how to remain awake to the ethical and relational issues regarding language choices that we make at every step of the research process.
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Multilingualism, Ethics, Translation, Interviews, Personal Narratives, Language Usage, Immigrants, Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; China
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