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Bartholomaeus, Elke, Goldbeck-Wood, Sandy, Sewering, Meike and Baethge, Christopher (2015). Experiences with bilingual publishing: surveys of authors and editors. Learn. Publ., 28 (4). S. 283 - 292. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. ISSN 1741-4857

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Abstract

Bilingual publishing has become a strategy employed by journals from the non-Anglophone world to gain wider recognition. Beyond anecdotal evidence, however, there are no published accounts of the experiences of editors and authors of bilingual journals with the process of bilingual publication. It is also unclear how authors writing in bilingual journals judge the quality of the translations and whether they consider this sort of publishing as beneficial for their aims. Consequently, we carried out two surveys: one among editors of bilingual journals and one anonymous survey among authors and translators of articles published in Deutsches Arzteblatt International, the bilingual journal of the German Medical Association. Eight of nine journals as well as 233 of 353 authors and 4 of 6 translators took part. Most journals reported that bilingual publication helped in becoming indexed in important databases (e.g. Medline), receiving or improving an Impact Factor, and in attracting authors. All journals plan to continue publishing bilingually. Authors were 'satisfied' (40.8%) or 'very satisfied' (57.8%) with translations. Almost all (96.7%) were in favour of bilingual publication of their work. They did not view an English translation as an obstacle to another related English language paper. Translators highlighted challenges relating to specialized terminology and to terms specific to the regional healthcare system. (C) Elke Bartholornaus, Sandy Goldbeck-Wood, Meike Sewering, and Christopher Baethge 2015

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Bartholomaeus, Elke UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Goldbeck-Wood, Sandy UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sewering, Meike UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Baethge, Christopher UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-391363
DOI:	10.1087/20150407
Journal or Publication Title:	Learn. Publ.
Volume:	28
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 283 - 292
Date:	2015
Publisher:	WILEY-BLACKWELL
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1741-4857
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES; GERMAN-LANGUAGE; MEDICINE; ENGLISH; ANNALS Multiple languages Information Science & Library Science Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/39136