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Lecture 8. Komissarov

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two languages did Komissarov specialize in?

a)

English and French

b)

German and English

c)

Spanish and German

d)

Spanish and English

2.

How does V.N. Komissarov understand the term "Equivalence"?

a)

the identity between the content of the original and the translation

b)

the correspondence of the target text to the source text

c)

reader's or readership's reception of the translation

d)

the process of using semantic information to aid in the translation of data in one representation or data model to another

3.

Which three elements are included in the scope of the Equivalence?

a)

adequacy, the communication situation, the way of describing the situation

b)

semasiology, the communicative goal, semantics

c)

the communicative goal, the target text, pragmatics

d)

the communicative situation, the communicative goal, the way of describing the situation

4.

What was the name of the book where Komissarov formulated the theory of equivalence levels?

a)

"Modern Linguistics"

b)

"Translation Studies (Linguistic Aspects)"

c)

"Theory of Translation (Lingustic Aspects)"

d)

"Theoretical Translation"

5.

How many levels of Equivalence did Komissarov differentiate?

a)

4

b)

1

c)

3

d)

5

6.

The units of the original and the translation should be equivalent to each other at all five levels only.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What does the Equivalence of the first type preserve?

a)

the communicative situation

b)

the way of describing the situation

c)

the communicative goal

d)

syntactic variation

8.

Choose one feature that does NOT relate the equivalence of the first type?

a)

inability to link the structure of the original and the translation with the relations of syntactic variation

b)

text incompatibility of the syntactic organization

c)

inability to link the vocabulary of the original and the translation with the relations of semantic paraphrasing

d)

the least commonality of the content of the original and the translation

e)

vivid presence of real, direct logical connections between the two texts

9.

Which two features correspond to the equivalence of the second type?

a)

semantic variation

b)

the purpose of communication

c)

the same non-linguistic situation

d)

the way this situation is described

10.

Choose the feature which is NOT used in the description of the second type of equivalence.

a)

preservation in the translation of an indication of the same situation, which proves the existence of direct logical connections between two messages

b)

compatibility of the syntactic organization

c)

inability to link the vocabulary of two texts with semantic paraphrasing

d)

identification of the same situation in the original and translation when changing the way it is described

11.

Choose the wrong feature of the equivalence of the third type.

a)

semantic commonality of the original and the translation includes the maximum closeness of the meanings of the correlated lexical units

b)

the main way to describe the situation in the third type of equivalence is semantic paraphrasing

c)

broad presence of parallelism of the syntactic structure

d)

preservation in the translation of the purpose of communication and identification of the same situation as in the original

e)

preservation in the translation of the general concepts with which the description of the situation in the original is carried out

12.

Select the wrong feature of the fourth type of equivalence.

a)

the least commonality of the content of the original and the translation

b)

significant, though incomplete, parallelism of lexical composition

c)

preservation in the translation of the purpose of communication, the indication of the situation, and the way it is described

d)

it conveys information why it is said, what is said, and how it is said

e)

use in translation of syntactic structures similar to the structures of the original or the syntactic transformation relations associated with them (syntactic variation)

13.

Choose the right type of Equivalence.

Better late than never. - Лучше поздно, чем никогда.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type

14.

Choose the right type of Equivalence.

She never goes out. - Она ведет уединенный образ жизни.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type

15.

Choose the right type of Equivalence.

It soon transpired that the eclipse had scared the British world almost to death; that while it lasted the whole country, from one end to the other, was in a pitiable state of panic, and the churches, hermitages, and monkeries overflowed with praying and weeping poor creatures who thought the end of the world came. - Вскоре стало известно, что за­тмение перепугало вою Британию до смерти, что пока оно длилось, вся страна от края и до края была охвачена безгра­ничным ужасом и все церкви, обители и монастыри были пе­реполнены молящимися и плачущими людьми, уверенными, что настал конец света.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type

16.

Choose the right type of Equivalence.

Ночь уже почти миновала. - The dawn is coming soon.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type

17.

Choose the right type of Equivalence.

Last year witnessed a sharp increase of production in this country. - В прошлом году в нашей стране отмечался резкий рост производства.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type

18.

Choose the right type of Equivalence.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. - Со своим самоваром в гости не ходят.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type

19.

Choose the right type of Equivalence.

We don't do such things. - Это не по нашей час­ти.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type

20.

Choose the right type of Equivalence.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease. - Под лежачий камень вода не течет.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type

21.

Choose the right type of Equivalence.

Then had followed the news that the producer of this awful event was a stranger, a mighty magician at Arthur's court; that he could have blown the sun like a candle, and was just going to do it when his mercy was purchased, and he then dissolved Ms enchantments and was now recognized and honored as the man who had by his unaided might saved the globe from destruction and its people from extinction. - Затем все узнали, что эту страшную беду наслал иностранец, могущественный волшебник, живу­щий при дворе короля Артура, что он мог потушить солнце, как свечку, и собирался это сделать, но его упросили рассеять чары, и что теперь его следует почитать как человека, кото­рый своим могуществом спас вселенную от разрушения, а на­роды - от гибели.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type

22.

Choose the right type of Equivalence.

I haven't had a joint with you, old man, since we went up to Carmarthen Van in that fog before the war. Remember? - Помнишь, как мы взбирались в тумане на Кармартен Вэн сразу после войны? Это была наша последняя прогулка с то­бой, старина.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type

23.

Choose the right type of Equivalence.
Не was sure we should both fall ill. - Он был уверен, что мы оба заболеем.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type

24.

Choose the right type of Equivalence. You can't always get what you want. - Не всегда коту Масленица.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type

25.

Choose the right type of Equivalence.

The mentality and methods of these "world-conquerors" need little comment. - Умонастроение и методы этих «завоевателей мира» не тре­буют пространных комментариев.

a)

I type

b)

II type

c)

III type

d)

IV type

e)

V type