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TRANSLATION ERROR

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify a translation error in the following TT:

The students in the crowd nodded enthusiastically.

=> Các sinh viên trong đám đông gật đầu đồng tình một cách nhiệt tình.

a)

Literalness

b)

Style

c)

Indecision

d)

Mistranslation

2.

Identify a translation error in the following TT:

She’s kind of a cold fish

=> Cô ấy là một con cá lạnh lùng.

a)

Indecision

b)

Misunderstanding

c)

Register

3.

Fill in the following blank by a suitable word:

A (a)   error arises when the layout of the term or other clements of the sentence dosage does not comply with the syntactic laws of the target language.

4.

Identify the translation error in the following TT:

ST: A hen of Lieafie wants to escape from a miserable situation of an egg production supply chain.

TT: Lieafie là một con gà muốn thoát khỏi cảnh cùng cực của một dây chuyền sản xuất trứng.

a)

Literalness

b)

Mistranslation

c)

Omission

d)

Misunderstanding

5.

Choose the correct answer:

“The meaning is clear in the source text but ambiguous in the translation” is WHICH ERROR below?

a)

Ambiguity

b)

Capitalization

c)

Cohension

d)

Faithfullness

6.

Fill in the following blank by a suitable word:

………is a translation error made when the root of the word is correct but the used form is wrong.

(a)  

7.

A ........... error occurs when the punctuation rules of the target language are not observed, including those regulating the use of quotation marks, commas, semicolons and colons.

a)

register

b)

spelling

c)

punctuation

d)

grammar

8.

Identify a translation error in the following TT:

ST: Theo bà Đào Thị Hương Lan, hiện nay có nhiều doanh nghiệp được giao đất làm dự án nhưng vẫn chưa ký hợp đồng thuê đất.

TT: According to Ms. Dao Thi Huong Lan , many enterprises are now allocated land for the project , but has yet to sign a contract lease.

a)

omission

b)

syntax

c)

register

d)

misunderstanding

9.

Identify the translation error in the following TT:

ST: It's time to fight back and cut red tape. (băng keo đỏ)

TT: Đã tới lúc phản công và cắt bỏ thói quan liêu.

a)

Register

b)

Style

c)

Terminology

d)

Literalness

10.

What is the correct translation of terminology “ Blue-chip stocks”?

a)

cổ phiếu gắn chip màu xanh

b)

cổ phiếu xanh

c)

cổ phiếu thượng hạng

11.

Which is the translation error?

a)

Too freely translated

b)

Too literal

c)

Mistranslation

d)

Misunderstading

12.

What can be used to indicate a particular pronunciation—in regard to accent, tone, or stress?

a)

Uppercase letters

b)

Diacritical marks

c)

Lowercase letters

13.

Which word has the correct spelling?

a)

absence

b)

absentse

c)

abcense

14.

Which is the translation error?

ST: She is a perfectionist

TT: Cô ấy là một người cầu toàn khó tính.

a)

Addition

b)

Ambiguity

c)

Cohension

d)

Faithfulness

15.

A word form error occurs when the word root is correct, but the word form is incorrect or non-existent in the TL.

A part of speech mistake occurs when the grammatical form is wrong.

a)

Usage

b)

Word form / Part of speech

c)

Terminology

d)

Syntax

16.

Which is the translation error?

a)

Literalness

b)

Style

c)

Mistranslation