Procedures in Translation

During a group project, Heri was tasked with translating a document for their international classmates. He realized that some concepts in the original text were not clear to his peers. To help them understand better, he decided to add extra explanations and examples in his translation. What is the translation technique called when the translator adds more information to clarify the concept in the source language to the target readers?

(a)  

• Addition
• Reduction

• Deletion

• Borrowing

Nisa is translating a document for her class project. She notices that some details in the original text are not essential for her audience. Which translation technique involves partially omitting information from the source text in the target text?

(a)  

• Addition

• Reduction
• Deletion

• Borrowing

During a group project, Joko is tasked with translating a document from English to Indonesian. In the translation technique called Deletion, what happens to the information from the source language?

• It is clarified

• It is partially omitted

• It is completely omitted

• It is borrowed

During a group project, Nur and Wahyu discussed the two kinds of borrowing in translation. What are the two kinds they identified?

• Pure borrowing and naturalized borrowing

• Addition and reduction

• Deletion and reduction

• Literal and free translation

Fill in the blank: During a group project, Laila, Nur, and Ina are working on translating a document. In the Addition technique, the translator adds more information to clarify the concept in the source language to the _________

• target readers

• source text

• original author

• reference material

Fill in the blank: During a group project, Agung noticed that in the Reduction technique, the information in the source text is ________ omitted in the target text.

• partially

• completely

• frequently

• rarely

During a translation exercise in class, Joko was tasked with using the Deletion technique. He had to ________ the word or information in the source language.

• deletes

• adds

• translates

• replaces

Fill in the blank: During a language exchange program, Rudi learned that in the Borrowing technique, the translator borrows some words or idiom from ________ language.

• source

• target

• native

• foreign

While studying in the computer lab, Rudi asked his friend Ina what the target language (TL) translation for 'Flashdisk' is. What did Ina reply?

• Komputer

• Meja

• Kursi

• Buku

In a science class, Angga is learning about different types of data. He comes across the term 'Observable' and wonders what it means in Indonesian. What is the target language (TL) translation for 'Observable'?

• Yang dapat diamati

• Yang dapat dimakan

• Yang dapat ditulis

• Yang dapat dibaca