Transformations

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• Translation is substitution of elements or structures of one language for the elements or structures of another language

• Translation is rendering in the target language (TL) of the closest natural equivalent of the initial message from the point of view of its meaning and style.

• Translation is a process of transforming speech messages in the source language (SL) into the speech messages in the target language (TL) under condition that their sense and communicative intention remain unchanged.

• All the options are correct

Consecutive interpretation

• is a kind of interpreting, performed by an interpreter consecutively

• is when messages of the SL speaker are interpreted one after another without any pauses

• is when messages of the SL speaker are interpreted immediately

• is when messages of the SL speaker are interpreted with a 10-minute delay

Which type of interpretation is also called “conference interpretation/interpreting” because today it is mostly used at international (often multilingual forums)?

• simultaneous

• consecutive

• whispered

• written

The term “language combination’’ refers to the languages an interpreter uses

• in everyday life

• at home only

• at conferences only

• professionally.

What does the term “linguistic combination” refer to in the context of interpretation?

• Using languages at home only

• Using languages in everyday life

• Using languages professionally

• Using languages at conferences only

If English verbs mostly denote actions in rather a vague general way, Ukrainian verbs are very

• concrete

• loose

• free in their meaning

• abstract

What type of interpretation is commonly known as “conference interpretation” due to its prevalent use at international forums?

• Consecutive

• Simultaneous

• Whispered

• Written

The interpreter’s mother tongue (or another language strictly equivalent to a mother tongue), into which she/he interprets from alt other working languages, generally in the two modes of interpretation, simultaneous and consecutive is

• B language

• C language

• A language

• D language

What is the primary characteristic of consecutive interpretation?

• Interpreting messages of the SL speaker immediately

• Interpreting messages of the SL speaker with a 10-minute delay

• Interpreting messages of the SL speaker one after another without pauses

• Interpreting messages of the SL speaker in reverse order

How is translation best described?

• Substitution of elements or structures of one language for another

• Rendering the closest natural equivalent in the target language

• Transforming speech messages from SL to TL without changing sense

• All of the options are correct