EFL Learner Translation Performance Metrics with Task Complexity and Anxiety Scores

100 English as a foreign language learners from diverse disciplines in China participated in a study on translation performance. The dataset contains means and standard deviations of accuracy and other metrics from two written translation tasks at different complexity levels, assessed using a Translation Anxiety Scale. The data was published by Xiangyan Zhou on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the effect of task complexity on translation accuracy based on the described performance measures.
• Investigating the moderating role of translation anxiety on process efficiency outcomes like total processing time.
• Modeling translation product quality using the described fluency and analytical quality measures.
• Testing conceptual frameworks that integrate task-related and learner factors as predictors of translation performance.

Strengths

• Includes data from 100 participants, providing a substantive sample for analysis.
• Measures both process efficiency (e.g., processing time, revisions) and product quality (e.g., accuracy, fluency) as described.
• Uses a 2x2 mixed experimental design to investigate joint influences of task complexity and anxiety.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope and likely summary statistics only.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Xiangyan Zhou.

Collection Method

Data collected from an experimental study where participants completed two written translation tasks; performance was assessed using described metrics.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05 06 17:28:50; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Participants were EFL learners from China.