Reliability assessment and construct validation of translation competence questionnaire (TCQ) in Iran

Abstract

The present study investigates the construct validation of Translation Competence Questionnaire (TCQ) in the context of Iran. For this purpose, one hundred ninety seven EFL learners, whose major was translation studies at Tabaran, Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran, were asked to participate in the study and fill in the questionnaire and give it back to the researcher within a week. First, internal consistency of the instrument was assessed using Cronbach’s coefficient alpha reliability. Then, confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were conducted using LISREL 8.80. The internal consistency analysis of the TCQ utilizing Cronbach’s coefficient alpha reached acceptable alpha(s). The results of the CFA as assessed by the CFI/NNFI, RMSEA and chi-x 2, reached acceptable fits. The factor structures were defined and the factors were clearly distinguishable from one another. Based on the findings, the researchers concluded that Translation Competence Questionnaire by Mariana Orozco and Amparo Hurtado Albir, modified and re-developed by Alavi and Ghaemi, has undoubtedly strong psychometric characteristics and good constructs validity in the context of Iran.