Translation of Impersonal and Indefinite-Personal Sentences from Ukrainian into English

What does the use of "we" as a subject in translation typically imply?

• A need for a passive voice

• An objective, universal observation

• A collective action or opinion

• An indefinite number of people

An Impersonal sentence in Ukrainian is:

• a sentence without a subject

• a sentence without a predicate

• a sentence without a subject and predicate

• a sentence with a predicate

An Indefinite-Personal sentence in Ukrainian is:

• a sentence without a subject

• a sentenve without a predicate

• a sentence with a predicate verb in the second person singular form

• a sentence with a predicate verb in the first person singular form

• a sentence with a predicate verb in the third person plural form

The main difficulty of translating Ukrainian impersonal and indefinite-personal sentences is:

• choosing the predicate of the sentence

• chossing the subject of the sentence

• choosing the predicate verb form

• choosing the tense form of the verb-predicate

• choosing the personal form of the verb-predicate

In the English translation of the Ukrainian sentence below, what must be chosen as the subject:

Щоб займатися підводною археологією, потрібно мати підготовку з пірнання.

To undertake underwater archeology, one must be trained as a diver.

• one

• we

• they

• it

• he

What may be the subject of the translated sentence?

Боротися потрібно насамперед із самим собою, із своїм неуцтвом, неосвіченістю, лінню, заздрістю та іншими смертними гріхами.

The fight must be above all with oneself, one's ignorance, lack of education, laziness, envy, and the other mortal sins.

• one

• the fight

• to fight

• fighting

• it

When translating Ukrainian impersonal sentences into English, which subject is often used for ethical statements?

• It

• One

• They

• We

What may be the subject of the translation of the following main clause of the Ukrainian sentence:

Потрібно тридцять або й більше років, аби ядрова деревина досягла віку, коли з неї можна отримати масло.

• It

• We

• They

• I

• Thirty years

What must be the subject of the clause "як треба чинити стосовно себе"

Етика особи стосується розуміння того, як треба чинити стосовно себе, а суспільна етика - як треба чинити стосовно іншого.

Personal ethics is taken as comprehending how ----- should act in relation to oneself, social ethics how one should act in relation to others.

• one

• a person

• we

• they

• s/he

What are the correct translations of the Ukrainian sentence:

Як з цим боротися?

• How to fight this?

• How with this to fight?

• How can this be opposed?

• How is this to be fought against?

• How to combat this?