Simultaneous translation

When a translator tried to translate “It's raining cats and dogs,” what did the machine say?

• "Animals are falling from the sky"

• "It’s a pet shower"

• "It’s raining zoo"

• "Please run – it's dangerous!"

Machine translators can perfectly understand idioms and slang.

• True
• False

A word can have different meanings depending on the context, and machine translators may choose the wrong one.

• True
• False

Human translators are better than machines at translating jokes and emotions.

• True
• False

Translating word-for-word always gives you a correct translation.

• True
• False

Why does machine translation often fail with idioms like “kick the bucket”?

• It doesn’t like violent language

• It thinks you’re playing soccer

• It can’t find a bucket

• It doesn’t understand culture

The largest internal organ in the human body is the

Which of the following are renewable energy sources?

• Solar

• Coal

• Wind

• Natural Gas

Why can’t machine translation replace human translators completely?

• Machines lack cultural understanding

• Machines can’t understand humor, sarcasm, or emotion

• Machines don’t know context

• All of the above

Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?

• Earth

• Mars

• Venus

• Jupiter