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1. 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?”

• A. Hatim and Mason

• B. Bell

• C. Catford

• D. Newmark

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

• A. Hatim and Mason

• B. Bell

• C. Colina

• D. Munday

3. 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)."

• A. faithfulness

• B. resemblance

• C. similarity

• D. communication

4. Rearrange these writing activities on the correspondence continuum

Free translation, version, literal translation, interlinear translation, adaptation

5. On the basis of the preceding discussion regarding genre and degree

of correspondence with the ST, how would you rank the translated

texts listed below, according to the degree of closeness to the source

(the closest -> farthest to the ST) customary in your target language?

Translated texts

Subtitles in a movie, an academic transcript, a police report, a comic

strip

6. Rearrange the following genres on the resemblance to the ST continuum.

Poetry, Legal texts, Advertising, Business Letters, Linguistics/Interlinear, Scientific and Technical texts

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

8. What are the three elements in translation? They are...

i) a written text

ii) transfer

iii) __________

9. The word “translation” can be understood as a.

i) product

ii) process

iii)_________

10.1. Indicate whether the term “translation” is being used to refer to the process, product or field. Write the word in the given blank.

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

• An English translation of the Koran is available for all those attending the class.___

• The Open Translation Project offers subtitles, interactive transcripts and the ability for any talk to be translated by volunteers worldwide.____