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Record Nr.

UNINA9910865246203321

Autore

Shan Yi

Titolo

Cultural Adaptation in Chinese Mental Health Translation / / by Yi Shan, Meng Ji

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

981-9717-27-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (65 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Empirical Translation Modelling, , 2731-0523

Altri autori (Persone)

JiMeng

Disciplina

610.696

Soggetti

Communication in medicine

Translating and interpreting

Religion and culture

Health Communication

Language Translation

Cross-cultural Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cultural comprehensibility of Health Translation -- Linguistic acceptability of Health Translation -- Information usability of Health Translation -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book demonstrates the necessity, feasibility, and effectiveness of cultural adaptation in the translation of mental health scales into Chinese. It illustrates the key principles of culturally effective mental health translation, through offering in-depth discussions of the methods and techniques used to translate mental health materials into Chinese. This SpringerBrief title provides an essential reading for academics, researchers, students from language studies, public health and health communication who are interested to develop more advanced skills of translating and adapting mental health instruments for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. .