Chapter 1 - Trans Theory Mr.Khánh

Who said “Translation is the replacement of a representation of a text in one language by a representation of an equivalent text in a second language?”

• Hatim and Mason

• Bell

• Catford

• Newmark

Who said “translation is defined as “a communicative process that takes place within asocial context?”

• Hatim and Mason

• Bell

• Colina

• Munday

Colina believes that “In sum, the working definition above adds a fourth component – a significant degree of _____ or correspondence with respect to the source text – to the three core elements (i.e., transfer, written text, from one natural language to another).”

• faithfulness

• resemblance

• similarity

• communication

Rearrange these writing activities on the correspondence continuum: (Answer ex: 54321)

(1) Free translation

(2) version

(3) literal translation

(4) Interlinear translation

(5) Adaptation

(a)  

Rank the Translated texts below, according to the degree of closeness to the source customary in your target language? (Answer ex: 2341)

(1) Subtitles in a movie

(2) An academic transcript

(3) A police report

(4) A comic trip

(a)  

Rearrange the following genres on the resemblance to the ST continuum. (Answer ex: 234156)

(1) Poetry

(2) Legal texts

(3) Advertising

(4) Business Letters

(5) Linguistics/Interlinear

(6) Scientific and Technical texts

(a)  

Colina claimed that “translation can be understood as the process or the product of transforming a written text or texts from one h (a)   language to another which generally requires a significant degree of resemblance or correspondence with respect to the source text.”

What are the three elements in translation? They are…

i) a written text

ii) transfer

iii) ?

(a)  

The word “translation” can be understood as a…

i) product

ii) process

iii) ?

(a)  

Indicate whether the term “translation” is being used to refer to the process, product or field.

The company was offering free translation services to non-profit corporations.

• process

• product

• field