%A Yang,Yanxia %A Cao,Xinyu %A Huo,Xing %D 2021 %J Frontiers in Psychology %C %F %G English %K Translating self-efficacy,Chinese learners of translation,Translation competence,scale development,Translator education %Q %R 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.642566 %W %L %M %P %7 %8 2021-April-06 %9 Original Research %# %! Translating self-efficacy %* %< %T The Psychometric Properties of Translating Self-Efficacy Belief: Perspectives From Chinese Learners of Translation %U https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.642566 %V 12 %0 JOURNAL ARTICLE %@ 1664-1078 %X Understanding learners’ translating self-efficacy belief helps predict their ability to cope and translation performance during their career. Despite this connection, the assessment of self-efficacy during learning has been largely overlooked in translation research. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument to examine belief in self-efficacy in a sample of Chinese translation learners. Scale items were collected and refined based on an expert-panel consensus opinion. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis across two independent samples (Sample I = 193 and Sample II = 247) revealed and validated a three-dimensional structure: efficacy in internal competence, efficacy in psycho-physical competence, and efficacy in external competence. These findings provide supporting evidence for scale applications in educating translators.