Translation Quiz

__________ refers to a technique where text is translated word-for-word from one language to another.

• Shift/Transposition translation technique

• Descriptive equivalent translation technique

• Literal translation technique

• Transference translation technique

What translation technique can Darren use to translate "Bollywood" and "supernova" in a bahasa Melayu essay?

• Literal translation technique

• Functional translation technique

• Transference translation technique

• Cultural equivalent translation technique

Hanna translated a word from SL to TL by changing the spelling of the word to conform to the TL pronunciation and morphology. Which translation technique did she use?

• Naturalisation translation technique

• Transference translation technique

• Literal translation technique

• Functional equivalent translation technique

Kamala is having trouble finding the best translation for this idiom:

Give them an inch and they will take a mile.

Which is the most suitable bahasa Melayu idiom for that?

• Nasi sudah menjadi bubur

• Kerana nila setitik, rosak susu sebelanga

• Diberi betis nak peha

• Sambil menyelam minum air

What translation technique did Kamala use when translating the idiom?

• Shift/Transposition translation technique

• Descriptive equivalent translation technique

• Cultural equivalent translation technique

• Functional equivalent translation technique

Razak used this technique when he translated the word "compass" to "petunjuk arah".

What translation technique did he use?

• Literal translation technique

• Functional equivalent translation technique

• Descriptive translation technique

• Naturalisation translation technique

Megat found out that the word "tengkolok" has no equivalent/exact noun in English.

As a translator, he should use which translation technique?

• Functional translation technique

• Descriptive translation technique

• Literal translation technique

• Naturalisation translation technique

When translating a sentence, Layla decided to change the grammatical structure of the sentence.

What translation technique did she use?

• Descriptive translation technique

• Literal translation technique

• Transference translation technique

• Shift/Transposition translation technique

Which translation technique did Natasha use to translate these words?

biotechnology = bioteknologi

television = televisyen

• Literal translation technique

• Naturalisation translation technique

• Transference translation technique

• Cultural equivalent translation technique

Next week, we should start our class at ______

• 2:00 p.m.

• 2:30 p.m.