Oblique Translation Quiz

What is borrowing in language translation?

• Translating a phrase word-for-word

• Taking words directly from one language into another without translation

• Shifting word class in different languages

• Using different phrases to convey the same idea

What is a calque or loan translation?

• Shifting word class in different languages

• Using different phrases to convey the same idea

• Taking words directly from one language into another without translation

• Translating a phrase word-for-word

What is the characteristic of literal translation?

• No change in grammatical structure in target language

• Translating a phrase word-for-word

• Shifting word class in different languages

• Using different phrases to convey the same idea

What is transposition in language translation?

• Taking words directly from one language into another without translation

• Shifting word class in different languages

• Using different phrases to convey the same idea

• Translating a phrase word-for-word

What does modulation involve in language translation?

• Using different phrases to convey the same idea

• Shifting word class in different languages

• Taking words directly from one language into another without translation

• Translating a phrase word-for-word

Which of the following is an example of fixed equivalence?

• Borrowing words directly from one language to another

• Using idioms to convey the same idea

• Shifting word class in different languages

• Adapting cultural references

When does adaptation occur in language translation?

• When there is no change in grammatical structure in target language

• When a specific situation in the source culture does not exist in the target culture

• When using different phrases to convey the same idea

• When a phrase is translated word-for-word

What is the purpose of adaptation in language translation?

• To change the cultural reference when it does not exist in the target culture

• To use fixed equivalences such as idioms and proverbs

• To convey the same idea using different phrases

• To shift word class in different languages

He was never bothered again./ Nadie volvió a molestarlo

• Transposition

• Modulation

• Adaptation

• Equivalance

You are going to be a father. Vas a tener un hijo.

• transposition

• adaptation

• borrowing

• modulation