Special Translation Theories Test

What is the main purpose of the genre theory of translation?

• To create a unified consensus on what constitutes a good text-type typology

• To provide a systematic analysis of the linguistic, compositional and pragmatic features of a certain genre

• To identify, describe and explain the principles, regularities and difficulties of translating types and kinds of texts

• To give both practitioners and critics a low level of subjective indices of textual peculiarities

What is the notion of 'genre-stylistic dominant' (GSD) in the theory of translation?

• A form of organization of speech material distinguished within the framework of a particular functional style

• A summation of linguistic, compositional and pragmatic features that make up the specifics of the text of a certain genre

• A set of communicative purposes recognized by the expert members of the parent discourse community

• A category assigned on the basis of external criteria such as intended audience, purpose, and activity type

What is the main purpose of using corpora in the field of translation?

• To analyze the historical development of different text genres

• To identify differences in generic structures, conventions and expectations across languages and cultures

• To study the syntax and grammar of different languages

• To create a unified consensus on what constitutes a good text-type typology

What are the two types of corpora used in special translation theory studies?

• Synchronous corpora and diachronic corpora

• Monolingual corpora and multilingual corpora

• Comparable corpora and parallel corpora

• Static corpora and dynamic corpora

What are the main criteria for determining the necessity of creating a special theory of translation?

• The level of the extent to which the translation requires special comparative conceptual and cognitive analysis

• The shared communicative function expressed by means of the same performative verb

• The presence of specific lexical units and numerous clichés in the output language

• The presence of specific lexical and syntactic arrangement of the material and a common set of function units

What is the main purpose of a specialized translation theory?

• To study the syntax and grammar of different languages

• To create a unified consensus on what constitutes a good text-type typology

• To identify, describe and explain the principles, regularities and difficulties of translating types and kinds of texts

• To explain and forecast the process of translating a text of a certain genre

What are the central notions of a special translation theory?

• Norms governing the features of a text type/genre, factors to be considered when attempting to achieve an equivalent result in translating text types/genres

• Linguistic transformations, translation context, and text domain

• Text genre, text/genre classification, and translation dominant

• Text type, translation context, and text domain

What is the term used to classify types of spoken or written discourse?

• Text type

• Text style

• Text category

• Text genre

What are the general characteristics of genre as a category of discourse?

• Genres are socially situated and are primarily a rhetorical category

• Genres are primarily a rhetorical category and are intertextual, not isolated

• Genres are socially situated and are primarily a rhetorical category

• Genres are socially situated and are purposeful and goal-oriented

What is the importance of genre identification in translation?

• It helps translators focus on the particular needs and functions being catered for in a given original

• It allows translators to go beyond mere matters of lexical equivalence, syntactic equivalence, or stylistic equivalence

• It is essential for the translation process to even begin

• It has no significant impact on the translation process