TRANSLATION OF IDIOMS

Which of the following idioms is an example of a figurative idiom of verbs?

• Break the ice

• A blessing in disguise

• Cool as a cucumber

• Piece of cake

Why are fixed and opaque idioms particularly challenging for language learners?

• They are long phrases and easy to forget.

• The words can be rearranged, making it hard to remember the order.

• They have literal meanings, which require translation word-for-word.

• They have a fixed structure, and their meanings are hard to guess from the words alone.

What strategy can translators use to convey the meaning of an idiom that has no direct equivalent in the target language?

• Total equivalence

• Paraphrasing

• Literal translation

• Compensation

According to the presentation, which of the following best describes the nature of idioms?

• Idioms are flexible phrases whose meanings can be guessed from individual words.

• Idioms are stable word groups with meanings that cannot be understood from the individual words alone.

• Idioms are single words with direct translations in other languages.

• Idioms are informal expressions that change meaning based on context.

What is one reason translating idioms can be challenging?

• Idioms are often deeply embedded in a culture, making them difficult to translate directly.

• Idioms are always the same across all languages.

• Idioms are only used in informal conversations.

• Idioms always have a literal translation.

Which challenge might a translator face when idioms are used both literally and idiomatically in the same sentence?

• Finding an equivalent idiom.

• Ignoring the idiom altogether.

• Rewriting the idiom to sound more formal.

• Capturing both the literal and figurative meanings in translation.

According Baker (1991), how many strategies that can be utilize when translating idiom?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

What's main strategy to overcome a challenge that is an idiom or fixed expression may have a similar counterpart in the target language, but its context of use may be different?

• Compensation

• Borrowing

• Adaptation

• Description

Finding idiomatic expressions in the target language that possess the same meaning and form as those in the source language is explanation from....

• Total equivalence

• Partial equivalence

• Paraphrasing

• Omission

Which type of idiom is difficult to understand because its meaning is hidden and often culturally specific?

• Transparent idiom

• Opaque idiom

• Literal idiom

• Literal idiom