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Victoria Haldane¹, Betty Peiyi Li¹, Shiliang Ge²

¹Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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This study highlights the critical role of translation in multilingual implementation research. Ensuring rigorous qualitative data requires careful attention to the translation process and its outcomes for global health initiatives.

Keywords:

Translation autoethnography qualitative methods research methods

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Area of Science:

Implementation Science
Global Health Research
Qualitative Research Methods

Background:

Complex interventions often involve evidence from multiple languages in globalized research.
Little literature explicitly links translation processes to implementation research goals.
Multilingual studies necessitate understanding translation's impact on evidence.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the translation process and experiences within an international implementation research team.
To examine the translation of qualitative data from Chinese/Tibetan to English in Tibet.
To identify challenges and lessons learned in cross-cultural research translation.

Main Methods:

Collaborative autoethnography involving researchers and translators.
In-depth interviews and written reflections from seven research team members.
Joint analysis through dialogue, reflection, and multiple perspectives.

Main Results:

Key challenges include establishing translator 'voice' and tone, conveying idiomatic expressions, and managing contextual distance.
Essential lessons include creating iterative word banks, fostering translator collaboration, and promoting reflexivity.
Learnings are summarized for application in other multilingual implementation research settings.

Conclusions:

Implementation research teams must actively consider the translation process and outcomes for data rigor.
Multinational and multilingual studies require greater reflection on translation's influence.
Addressing translation is crucial for the validity and reliability of global qualitative research.