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WorksheetsActive Learning Week Friday Session
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2mins
The influence exerted by English on a lexical component of another language is called
Localization
Lexical Anglicism
Grammatical Anglicism
Technical vocabulary
One of the basic areas of concern of Post-Transfer is:
Fidelity to the meaning of the original text
Checking that the translation does not already exist
Preparation of the material
Setting up an archive of the project
The stages of: Pre-transfer, Transfer, and Post-transfer, belong to the activity of
Pre-translation
Translation
Post-translation
Phraseology
Translations can only be improved by the author of the translation.
True
False
Rendering "I don't think that'll be easy" into "Creo que aquello será difícil" is a case of
Compensation by splitting
Compensation in kind
modulation
circumlocution
Who is the author of the story called "beowulf"?
Alfred the Great
The Duke of Normandy
Christian Monk
Nobody knows for sure
A difference between the epic poem of beowulf and the movie is that
In the epic poem, Grendel kills Beowulf's warriors in their sleep, in the movie it wasn't like that.
In the epic poem, Beowulf was an evil demon, in the movie he was the opposite.
In the epic poem, the Danish King was Beowulf's father, in the movie, it wasn't like that.
In the epic poem, Grendel's father is a monster, in the movie it wasn't like that.
Rendering "little creature" as "criaturita" is a case of
Compensation by merging
Compensation by splitting
Compensation in kind
modulation
The rendering of "sick hearts" into "almas enfermas" is a case of
Substitution
Omission
Commission
Literal translation
Based on the presentation, when a translator is in the process of transferring a technical text, a suitable translation approach might be:
Direct translation
Oblique translation
Borrowing
In the Canterbury Tales, this character is a strong and brave wrestler.
The Pardoner
The Miller
The Summoner
This character studies philosophy.
The Oxford Clerk
The Pardoner
The Shipman
The Wife of Bath is a shy woman.
True
False
The Summoner sells official church pardons.
True
False
Who wrote the essay "Being Content with Myself?
Derek Bacon
Rajeev Hamel
Kamaal Majeed
London Russell
Rendering "crepe-de-chine" into "crèpe de chine" is a case of
Calque
Substitution
Modulation
Borrowing
Rendering "an eye-sore" into "una vergüenza a la vista" is an example of
Compensation by merging
Compensation in kind
Compensation by splitting
Compensation in place
Rendering "cars bought and sold" into "compraventa de autos" is a case of
Compensation by merging
Compensation by splitting
Compensation in kind
Compensation in place
Rendering "No more smoking or chewing" into "No fumar o mascar chicle" is a case of
Generalization
Globalization
Particularization
Substitution
A technical document
does not address specific readers
is a task oriented tool
uses citations
