Translation Studies - Chapter 2+3

Studying early translation theories is crucial for understanding the historical context and improving modern translation practices accordingly.

• True

• False

Word for word translation:

• prioritizes literal accuracy

• can result in awkward translations

• preserves the exact wording

• all options are correct

In sense for sense translation,

• the translator closely follows the original text's words and structure

• the translator conveys the meaning or sense of the original text

• the translator may create unclear target text

Free translation ensures accuracy while literal translation allows for creative adaptation.

• True

• False

Cicero was an example of translators who adopted the ................... method.

• sense for sense translation

• free translation

• word for word translation

Luther followed St Jerome in rejecting the word for word translation strategy.

• True

• False

According to Dryden, 'metaphrase' is when:

• the translation is corresponding the literal translation

• the translation is involving changing whole phrases

• abandoning words and sense of TT and tending for adaptation

................ was the first one to define the nature of equivalence.

• Newmark

• Koller

• Nida

• Jakobson

Based on Saussure's hypothesis, the signifier is:

• the equivalence

• the spoken and written signal

• the concept

In Jakobson’s discussion, the problem of meaning and equivalence focuses on the inability of one language to render a message that has been written in another verbal language.

• True

• False