Practice of literary translation (5)

A key aspect of using stylistic techniques in translation is:

• Adapting stylistic devices to the target language

• Literal translation

• Simplifying complex ideas

• Using business terms

• Adding footnotes

In translating stylistic devices, 'metaphor' refers to:

• A figure of speech that implies a comparison

• A direct comparison

• Literal description

• Simplified language

• Technical term

Translating epithets involves:

• Preserving or adapting descriptive phrases

• Ignoring descriptive phrases

• Simplifying language

• Using business jargon

• Adding technical terms

When translating similes, it is important to:

• Maintain the original comparison structure

• Change to a metaphor

• Simplify the comparison

• Ignore cultural context

• Add footnotes

An epithet in translation is typically:

• An adjective or descriptive phrase

• A factual statement

• A technical term

• A business term

• A statistical data point

When translating metaphors, a translator should:

• Find an equivalent metaphor in the target language

• Translate them literally

• Ignore them

• Simplify them

• Add footnotes

A simile in translation should:

• Remain a direct comparison

• Be changed to a metaphor

• Be simplified

• Be omitted

• Be literal

Translating epithets requires attention to:

• The descriptive and emotional impact

• Factual accuracy

• Technical terms

• Business terminology

• Statistical data

Comparisons in translation should:

• Be adapted to the target culture

• Be translated literally

• Be simplified

• Be omitted

• Be changed to technical terms

Translation as an object of scholarly research focuses on:

• Understanding and improving the translation process

• Literal accuracy

• Simplifying texts

• Business applications

• Statistical data