Translation Theories _ Game 1

In the following translation, which local translation technique is used?

 ST (VIE): Where there's a will there's a way.

TT (ENG): Có công mài sắt, có ngày nên kim.

• Literal translation

• Adaptation

• Transposition 

• Equivalence

SL (Spanish): Si prega di non disturbare

Which TL version is communicative translation?

• You are asked not to disturb

• Do not disturb

In the following translation, which of Mona Baker’s strategies is used?

ST (VIE): Ngày xưa người ta thường gửi tài liệu bằng fax.

TT (ENG): In those days we often sent documents by fax.

• Translation by using a more neutral or less expressive word.

• Translation by using a more general word.

• Translation by using loan words with or without explanations.

• Translation by using a cultural substitution.

According to Vinay and Darbelnet, two methods of translating are _____________translation and oblique translation.

Which of the local translation techniques is used in the following translation?

TT (ENG): Coco is a Pixar’s touching movie on human ambitions and values.

ST (VIE): Hội ngộ diệu kỳ là bộ phim cảm động của Pixar về tham vọng và giá trị con người.

• Equivalence

• Modulation

• Shift

• Adaptation