scholarly journals Building representative multi-genre corpora for legal and institutional translation research

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-116
Author(s):  
Fernando Prieto Ramos ◽  
Giorgina Cerutti ◽  
Diego Guzmán
Keyword(s):  
Target Population ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Sequential Approach ◽  
Translation Research ◽  
Restricted Area ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Legal Translation ◽  
Corpus Design ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
Institutional Texts

Abstract Exploring questions of representativeness, balance and comparability is essential to tailoring corpus design and compilation to research goals, and to ensuring the validity of research results. This is especially true when the target population of texts under examination is very large and transcends a restricted area of specialization and/or covers multiple genres, as in the case of texts translated in institutional settings. This paper describes the multilayered sequential approach to corpus building applied in a comparative study on legal translation in three of these settings. The approach is based on a full mapping and categorization of institutional texts from a legal perspective; it applies an innovative combination of stratified sampling techniques integrating quantitative and qualitative criteria adapted to the research aims. The resulting corpora, categorization matrix and selection records, together with the methodological detail provided, can be useful for building other multi-genre corpora in translation studies and further afield.

scholarly journals NGOs as Contributing Factor to Local Communities’ Development in Rwanda. An Overview of Care International in Bugesera District

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. MBONIGABA Celestin
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
The Relationship

This paper investigated the contribution of NGOs on the local communities’ development in Rwanda, a case of Care International in Bugesera District (2015-2019). Specific objectives were to analyze Care International-NGO activities in Bugesera District; to assess indicators of local community development of beneficiaries from Bugesera District; to find out the relationship between Care International-NGO and local community development of its beneficiaries in Bugesera District. This study analyzed quality of data from respondents through interviews. Quantitatively the study described the contribution of NGOs on local community development in Rwanda. The correlational study was used to show the relationship between two variables. The target population 13,815 beneficiaries of Care International Rwanda, Bugesera District. Sample size was 99 respondents from Care International Rwanda, Bugesera Cluster. Sampling techniques were convenience and purposive sampling techniques. Data collection instruments used questionnaires technique. Data was analysed using the frequencies, descriptive and Pearson correlation tools in SPSS IBM 21.0 version. Findings revealed that there are different activities offered by care International-NGO in Bugesera District include strengthening the capacity for self-help for beneficiaries in Bugesera, confirmed by 90.9% respondents. Care International providing economic opportunity to beneficiaries in Bugesera, confirmed by 72.7% respondents. Findings showed different indicators of local community development of beneficiaries from Bugesera District such as an increased in agricultural and livestock productivity, confirmed by 74.7% respondents. They have food security and promote trade of agriculture products; confirmed by 71.7% respondents. An access to education for citizens and able to obtain school fees to their children, confirmed by 82.8% respondents. Findings showed the relationship between Care International-NGO and local community development of its beneficiaries in Bugesera District presented by p-value equals 0.000 which is less than Alpha (0.01). The level of relationship is r2 = .806** categorized as positive and very strong correlation.

scholarly journals Relationship between Economic Factors and Gender Disparity in Enrolment of Students in Public Mixed Day Secondary Schools in Kericho County, Kenya.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 286-303
Author(s):  
Johannes Koech; Dr. Betty J. Tikoko; Prof. Frederick B. J.A. Ngala
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Gender Disparity ◽  
Child Labour ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study attempted to examine the relationship between economic factors and gender disparity in enrolment of students in mixed public day secondary schools in Kericho County, Kenya. Social Demand Theory guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The study targeted 124 public mixed day secondary schools. The target population consisted of 124 principals and 9,418 students. Sampling techniques applied included purposive and systematic random sampling techniques. A sample size of the principals was determined by applying Kerlinger (1986) 30% rule, whereas for the students Cochran formula was used. The sample size consisted of 38 principals and 384 students.  Data for the study was collected by the use of questionnaires. The study revealed that there exists a statistically significant relationship between Economic Factors and Gender Disparity (r=0.768; p<0.05). From the findings, in connection with economic factors, it was established that child labour had the highest mean of 3.21 and therefore was the major factor related to gender disparity in enrollment. This was followed by parents' reluctance to pay fees due to the false notion of free education with a mean of 3.10. The study concluded that the government, through quality assurance and standards officers alongside local administration, should ensure that policies on child labour are well implemented. That child labour is not practised so that all school age going children irrespective of their gender attend school uninterrupted.

scholarly journals Things Left Unwritten: Interview Accounts versus Institutional Texts in a Case of Detention Home Violence

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 248-258
Author(s):  
David Wästerfors
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Moral Emotions ◽  
Self Control ◽  
The Other ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Local Manufacturing ◽  
The One ◽  
Institutional Texts

To write about clients is an established routine in countless institutional settings, regardless of the fact that clients themselves seldom feel that the produced texts mirror or summarize their experiences. But what, more specifically, is left unwritten when staff starts typing on the keyboard to insert a piece of daily life into the computer? This article draws on data on violent events in Swedish detention homes, covering, on the one hand, interview accounts collected by ethnographic researchers and, on the other hand, formal journal reports on the “same” event written by staff. The analysis of one case exemplifies what written versions of a violent ward drama omit or transform: staff members’ “separation work” of the fighting actors and their local manufacturing of accountability, the involved actors’ conflict explanations in terms of ethnicity, gang culture, and “the first blow”, young people’s way of linking their self-control to the institution’s privilege system, and moral emotions as well as the significance of crucial details in the depicted course of events. The argument is not that staff should merely improve their routines of documenting events to really cover these or other facets of social life that are left behind at a detention home. Rather, the article attempts to explore why and in what sense institutional writing is incompatible with more informal, personal, and local accounting procedures.

scholarly journals THE RELATION OF CONCENTRATION TOWARDS THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE LISTENING SKILLS ON STUDENTS OF RIAU UNIVERSITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-407
Author(s):  
Merri Silvia Basri ◽  
Zainal Rafli ◽  
Fathiaty Murtadho
Keyword(s):  
Survey Methods ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Positive Relation ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Language Students ◽  
Path Analysis Approach ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study is to find out the relationship between concentration and Japanese listening skills. This research is conducted on Japanese language students at Riau University. The research method used in this study was quantitative approach, survey methods with measurement and test techniques, while the analysis technique used was path analysis approach. The population of the target population was all fourth semester Japanese language students at Riau University, which are 52 students. The sampling was done with total sampling techniques. The relationship between concentration and Japanese listening skills is 0.309. It is concluded that: There is a positive relation between concentration and listening skills in Japanese language of Riau University students.

scholarly journals Speediness of Teenagers: A Comparative Study of Municipal and Pastoral Teenagers at Secondary Level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

sjesr ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-399
Author(s):  
Bahar Hussain ◽  
Abdur Rashid ◽  
Dr. Farooq Hussain
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Better Than

This investigational work seeks to analyze the speediness competence of 14-16-year-old high school teenagers to assess the municipal and pastoral residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in Pakistan. The target group of the study was high school teenagers. Simple random sampling techniques were adopted to select the sample of five hundred [500] teenagers from the target population. A 20-meter sprint (20-MS) was employed for data collection. Data were gathered and evaluated by applying SPSS version 20. Quantitative analytical tools were employed for the analysis of accumulated data. The finding of the study reflected that the proportion of teenagers in pastoral areas was substantially better than in municipal areas.

scholarly journals Impact of Work Atmosphere on Educators' Job Satisfaction in Pondichery Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 4487-4490
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Target Population ◽  
The Self ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Academic Organizations ◽  
Work Atmosphere ◽  
The Impact

In the era, academic organizations face many challenges because of the dynamic nature of the setting. one among the various challenges for a college is to satisfy its academics so as to cope up with the ever dynamic and evolving setting and to realize success and maintain their standards. one among the vital conditions for a tutor to provide best result's the cordial setting during which they work. the target of the most study is to research the impact of operating atmosphere on teachers’ job fulfilment. current study utilized a quantitative methodology. Datas was collected through the self-administered survey sorts form and an even tool. The target population consists of academics from Pondicherry region. For this study straightforward sampling techniques used for collections of datas from two hundred academics. The outcomes specify that there's a optimistic affiliation among operating atmosphere and teacher’s job satisfaction. It states the requirement of the management to comprehend the importance of excellent operating setting for maximising the extent of job fulfilment. A happy teacher would bring desired changes within the students and enhance their tutorial accomplishment

The Mediating Effect of Communication on the Relationship Between Leadership Style and Employee Commitment

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Ali Murad Ali Al Taher Al Raeesi ◽  
Samsuddin Norsamsinar
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigates the relationship between leadership style, and employees’ commitment among Dubai government servants. The main objective of this study is to determine the relationship between leadership styles and employees’ commitment at Dubai Immigration Department (DID). The study also aims to examine the mediating effects of communication in the relationship between leadership styles and employees’ commitment in DID. The target population of this study is 6000 employees working in DID. Thus, the sample size will be approximately 361. This research will use simple random sampling techniques.

scholarly journals Generation of digital patients for the simulation of tuberculosis with UISS-TB

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (S17) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. Juárez ◽  
Marzio Pennisi ◽  
Giulia Russo ◽  
Dimitrios Kiagias ◽  
Cristina Curreli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Population Distribution ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Population Characteristics ◽  
Virtual Patients ◽  
Therapeutic Vaccines ◽  
Sequential Approach ◽  
Horizon 2020

Abstract Background The STriTuVaD project, funded by Horizon 2020, aims to test through a Phase IIb clinical trial one of the most advanced therapeutic vaccines against tuberculosis. As part of this initiative, we have developed a strategy for generating in silico patients consistent with target population characteristics, which can then be used in combination with in vivo data on an augmented clinical trial. Results One of the most challenging tasks for using virtual patients is developing a methodology to reproduce biological diversity of the target population, ie, providing an appropriate strategy for generating libraries of digital patients. This has been achieved through the creation of the initial immune system repertoire in a stochastic way, and through the identification of a vector of features that combines both biological and pathophysiological parameters that personalise the digital patient to reproduce the physiology and the pathophysiology of the subject. Conclusions We propose a sequential approach to sampling from the joint features population distribution in order to create a cohort of virtual patients with some specific characteristics, resembling the recruitment process for the target clinical trial, which then can be used for augmenting the information from the physical the trial to help reduce its size and duration.

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