Some techniques questionnaire (Vinay and Dalbernet)

When there is a shift between grammatical categories, it is a clear example of...

• Word for word translation

• Equivalence

• Transposition

• Modulation

Compensation is...

• When you replace a term or expression with a description of its form or/and function

• When you use a term or expression recognized (by dictionaries or language

  in use) as an equivalent in the TL

• When you introduce a ST element of information or stylistic effect in another

  place in the TT because it cannot be reflected in the same place as in the ST

• When you change the point of view, focus or cognitive category in relation to the

  ST; it can be lexical or structural

When there is a switch in point of view, it is....

• Modulation

• Trasnposition

• Calque

• Adaptation

To put your on your hand instead of saying ¨thank you¨ is a clear example of...

• Variation

• Linguistic compression

• Linguistic amplification

• Substitution

If I take a word directly from the ST to the TT, I'm using the technique of...

• calque

• literal translation

• equivalence

• borrowing

To suppress a ST information item in the TT is...

• Linguistic compression

• Reduction

• Particularization

• Modulation

What are the two types of borrowing?

• Natural and literal

• Natural and pure

• Literal and pure

• Literal and variated

¨I was seeking thee, Flathead (E) ⇒ En vérité, c’est bien toi

que je cherche, O Tête-Plate (F)¨ is an example of...

• adaptation

• condensation

• compensation

• discursive creation

Literal translation of a foreign word or phrase; it can be lexical or structural.

• borrowing

• equivalence

• calque

• literal translation

Answer explanation

Parece traducción literal, pero no lo es, ya que Skyscraper se compone de las palabras sky (cielo) y scraper (borrador). Si fuese una traducción (muy) literal, escribiríamos ¨borracielos¨ o algo por el estilo.

When there is an Introduction or change of dialectal indicators, changes of

tone, etc. It is called...

• Adapatation

• Modulation

• Transposition

• Variation