REVIEW article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Quantitative Psychology and Measurement
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1632366
This article is part of the Research TopicAdvancing Measurement Validity in Clinical and Dynamic PsychologyView all 3 articles
Translation and interpreting self-efficacy: A review of published measures
Provisionally accepted
- 1Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
- 2King Saud University, Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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An important area of translation and interpreting assessment research is concerned with measuring translator and interpreter self-ability beliefs normally characterized in two main constructs: selfefficacy and self-concept. Self-ability beliefs have a potential relationship with translator and interpreter task performance and perseverance. While there are some translator and interpreter selfefficacy measures, no self-concept scales seem to have been published so far. In this paper, we review seven published scales assessing translation and interpreting self-efficacy (four translation and three interpreting measures). In our review, we discuss the extent to which the items of the scales represent the construct assessed, and the translation or interpreting competences they cover.The review generally indicates that the seven self-efficacy measures cover a limited number of translation and interpreting competences. Besides, their items assess the target competences partially. A few items tapping self-concept were also found in the three reviewed interpreting selfefficacy measures. It is concluded that advancing translation and interpreting self-efficacy measurement requires adopting different orientations. The paper highlights the self-efficacy measurement gaps to be considered in future translation and interpreting research.
Keywords: translation self-efficacy, interpreting self-efficacy, self-efficacy measures, translation motivation, Translator training
Received: 21 May 2025; Accepted: 13 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence: Muhammad M. M. Abdel Latif, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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