When Sophia created her questionnaire on Paris fashions, she created it in English, then it went through a successive process of translation into French and retranslation into English, each time by a different translator. This process continues to be repeated until an English version can be translated into French by a different translator, into the same English. This process is known as decentering.

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Decentering is a method used in cross-cultural research and translation to ensure that a questionnaire (or any text) is culturally neutral and that its translated version accurately reflects the original content. By translating and retranslating the text through different languages and back to the original, the goal is to remove any cultural biases and ensure the text's meaning remains consistent across languages.

When Sophia Created Her Questionnaire on Paris Fashions, She Created