English―Chinese Translation Materials evaluation checklist.docVIP

English―Chinese Translation Materials evaluation checklist 　　There are numerous literatures about translation materials’ evaluation criteria， which aims to improve teachers’ ability of selecting and adapting materials and be able to make the best use of class time. Besides teachers’ efforts， ‘competence of the author’ （Tucker， 1975） and whether the material is ‘based on a contrastive analysis of English’ （Williams， 1983） also present problems of clarification and scoring. William creatively developed material evaluation criteria based on existing studies and made it more practical. Almost at the same time， Cunningsworth （1984） created a detailed evaluation criterion for teachers’guidance. This paper， however， will base on the five criteria proposed by Tomlinson Masuhara （2004） and make certain justifications according to the target learner. 　　Since most of my students will become English-Chinese or Chinese-English translators in the future， it thus crucial for them to start preparing since freshmen year. Two of Tomlinson Masuhara （2004）’s evaluation criteria are of great value for evaluation of English translation materials， which are： “Is each question free of dogma？” and “Is each question reliable in the sense that other evaluators would interpret it in the same way？” Tomlinson Masuhara （2004：7） The first criterion could help readers have a critical mind when reading the translation materials. And the second criterion could help learners reflect and think twice when looking at the translation. 　　However， these criteria are too general to evaluate the English translation materials.To fully evaluate and adapt the required teaching material， I designed the following checklist （appendix A）. Firstly， a good title should be intriguing and attract learners’ attention， and it should not be too wordy. As for the layout of the book， we can evaluate from two aspects， which aim to see whether the design of the book followed a structured and logic pattern； normally the