Translation Quality Assessment in Iranian Universities:‎ A Qualitative Study

This qualitative study attempted to determine the approaches of select Iranian translator educators for assessing students’ translation quality. So، a purposive sample of twelve experienced، specialist translator educators at major universities across Iran was invited for interviews. The analysis of the interview data revealed the approaches they advocated and so applied to assessment of students’ translation quality. The Iranian translator educators’ approaches were then compared and contrasted with distinguished models and approaches to translation assessment. Using the procedure of grounded theory، a method of qualitative data analysis، the interview data was coded and analyzed. The results showed that there are many similarities and common areas among the translator educators in approaching students’ translation quality assessment. To a great extent، these approaches conform to the approaches and models of translation quality assessment presented by international TQA theorists and that the only difference lies in the degree of importance of the assessment criteria depending on different translation courses، the text type and genre.