Translation Studies - Chapter 1

In Latin, the meaning of translation was:

• carry over something from one place into another

• subject field

• changing the meaning

• replacing the original text by the target text

The meaning of translation can't be different if we consider the context of the sentence.

• True

• False

 Interpretation involves converting written text from one language to another, while translation refers to oral conversion.

• True

• False

When we have another version of a translated text, we call it:

• adaptation

• version

• transcreation

Interlingual translation involves:

• signs of the same language

• different signs of the same language

• signs of two different languages

 Translation Studies became recognized as a distinct academic field in the 20th century, largely due to the efforts of scholars like:

• James Holmes

• Doorslaer

• Jakobson

Holes' map differentiates between the practice of translation and the academic study of it.

• True

• False

Translation Studies field is interdiscipline.

• True

• False

Translation studies explore both the theory and practice of translation.

• True

• False