Table 12 Translation descriptors with participants’ feedback (taking descriptive text as an example).

From: Integrating scientific rigor and practicality: developing a translation test to screen translation undergraduates’ ability in a public university in China

Band

Descriptive text

Band 5

(93–100)

• Demonstrate excellent bilingual conversion ability and translation strategies.

• Can translate accurately and fluently.

Band 4

(78–92)

• Demonstrate good bilingual conversion ability and translation strategies.

• Can translate accurately and try to make it fluently.

Band 3

(64–77)

• Demonstrate good bilingual conversion ability and translation strategies.

• Can translate very flexibly.

Band 2

(49–63)

• Demonstrate satisfactory bilingual conversion ability and translation strategies.

• Can translate word by word.

Band 1

(0–48)

• Demonstrate limited bilingual conversion ability and translation strategies.

• Can translate with simplification.

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