Interval-Valued Neutrosophic Framework for Improving the Decision-Making on the Quality Evaluation of English Classics Translation

Abstract

—English translations of literary classics are a subject of interest for many 
scholars and evaluators. However, the evaluation of the translations is a complex and 
multifaceted task, which necessitates a balance between linguistic accuracy, cultural 
fidelity, and readability. This makes traditional methods often fall short of catching the 
uncertainties, ambiguities, and subjective judgments. In an attempt to bridge these gaps 
between computational linguistics and translation studies, we introduce a mathematically 
grounded IVNS approach to evaluate the translation of English classics by flexible 
modeling of the ambiguities inherent in translation decisions. Then, we introduced an 
extended version of the MULTIMOORA method, called MULTIVNSMOORA, that can 
simultaneously account for multiple, often conflicting criteria to ensure well-adjusted 
decision-making about translation quality. Finally, we present a case study on Don 
Quixote to validate the practical applicability of the proposed IVNS approach, by which 
we offer a reproducible framework for assessing translations of other English literary 
works. 

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14826670