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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
Did you see my point about translation? Anyone who is bilingual should know that translation is far from an exact science. Humor, for example, is very hard to translate (try translating Tetes-a-Claques or Fawlty Towers into English and French, respectively, and see if the humor comes through).
The point being is that the tests are not an entirely objective means of measuring intelligence, which is a construct that is still fraught with much conceptual debate as to its scope, content, indicators, and invariability.
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I am not a full-time translator but I've spent a considerable amount of time translating stuff back and forth between French and English in my career. I think you can do justice to an original if you're really good at it.
That said, I am not really a big fan of IQ tests, and agree with what you and a few others are saying. As I said, they're fraught with biases about what it means to be intelligent.
Or maybe it's because I've never done that well on those IQ tests! Well, I've never done a formal one but I have done the online or paperback book versions. My score was never even close to what those around me thought I would get.
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