Test Forms and Trainees’ Translation Performance

Abstract

This study investigates translation testing as one of the most controversial issues in language studies. The question this study tries to answer is whether there is a relationship between test forms and translation trainees’ better performance on a specific form. To answer this question, 45 senior students of translation training programme from the Islamic Azad University of Tonekabon were selected and participated in the experiment. They were randomly assigned to three groups and were tested on different forms of translation tests (with the same content). The data of the study was analysed through the one-way ANOVA, and the relationship between the variables of the study was proved, rejecting the null hypothesis of the study.