Table 9 Average mean% of test 1 & test 2.

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

Academic year

Text type

Bands

5

(93–100)

4

(78–92)

3

(64–77)

2

(49–63)

1

(0–48)

Year 2, Year 3 & Year 4

Descriptive text

94.67%

88.96%

80.55%

69.87%

54.33%

Expository text

93.33%

87.77%

78.40%

68.29%

53.14%

Persuasive Text

90.67%

83.75%

69.28%

53.60%

37.97%

Narrative text

92%

83.98%

69.66%

56.55%

40.03%

Argumentative text

86.67%

64.98%

50.61%

31.26%

18.44%

Literary text

76.67%

66.32%

48.61%

31.58%

17.26%

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