WorksheetsTranslation Studies - Errors
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
An _________ error occurs when one or more elements of meaning in the SL are left out of the TL.
Omission
Addition
Indecision
Indecision
Which is the translation error?
ST: She is a perfectionist
TT: Cô ấy là một người cầu toàn khó tính.
Capitalization
Addition
Illegibility
Terminology
Mistranslation can happen due to prudence or abundant knowledge on part of the translator.
TRUE
FALSE
Which word has the correct spelling?
absence
absense
absentse
abcense
What are formatting errors in the following sentence?
“On may 15, 2021, Ariana Grande secretly made one of the biggest moves of her life: She married her fiance.“
Spelling and diacritical marks
Spelling and case
Case and diacritical marks
None
What mistakes were NOT made in the passage below?
Even after she and Charles separated in 1992, the British media continued to pay attention to Diana. In 1997, she died in an accident after paparazzi tried to chase her car.
Ngay cả sau khi bà và hoàng tử Charles ly dị, giới truyền thông Anh vẫn tiếp tục chú ý đến Diana. Năm 1997, cô qua đời trong một vụ tai nạn sau khi các tay săn ảnh cố gắng đuổi theo xe của cô.
Mistranslation
Inconsistency
Omission
What can be used to indicate a particular pronunciation—in regard to accent, tone, or stress?
Uppercase letters
Diacritical marks
Lowercase letters
Which is the translation error?
Too freely translated
Too literal
Mistranslation
A/An —----- error occurs when the candidate gives more than one option for a given translation unit.
Indecision
Mistranslation
Inconsistency
What is the correct translation of terminology “ Blue-chip stocks”?
Cổ phiếu gắn chip
Cổ phiếu xanh
Cổ phiếu cao cấp
Cổ phiếu thượng hạng
A/An ______ error occurs when a translation that follows the source text word for word results in an awkward and/or unidiomatic rendition.
Addition
Terminology
Literalness
SL: He was diagnosed by a medical examiner.
=> TL: Anh ấy đã được chẩn đoán bởi một giám định y tế.
TRUE
FALSE
Inconsistency is the same term translated differently or similarly?
Differently
Similarly
What is the formatting error?
SL: Thay vào đó, phản hồi tích cực không nên đơn giản được coi là thứ để đệm cho tiêu cực, mà phải được đưa ra để củng cố và khuyến khích hoạt động tốt.
=> TL: Instead positive feedback should not simply be seen as something to cushion the negative but should be delivered so as to reinforce and encourage good performance.
Spelling
Incomplete passage
Punctuation
Case
An illegibility error occurs when graders cannot read what the candidate has written.
TRUE
FALSE
