Worksheets1-91 Проблемы теории и практики перевода рк1 for students
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1.
The general theory of translation is:
a)
Section of the linguistic translation theory that studies the most common linguistic patterns of translation, regardless of the characteristics of a particular pair of languages
b)
Section of the linguistic theory of translation studying the peculiarities of the process of translating texts of various types and the influence on this process of speech forms and conditions for its implementation
c)
Translation, in which the omission of certain parts of the original for moral, political or other practical reasons.
d)
Section of the linguistic theory of translation, which studies the linguistic aspects of translation from one given language to another given language
e)
Translation, in which the addition of certain parts of the original for political or other practical reasons
2.
Methods used in Translation Studies:
a)
Methods of linguistics.
b)
Methods of psychology.
c)
Methods of literature.
d)
Methods of philosophy.
e)
Methods of history.
3.
The leading place in modern translation studies belongs to:
a)
Linguistic translation
b)
Psychological Translation Studies
c)
Ethnographic Translation Studies
d)
Literary translation
e)
Historical Translation.
4.
Translation is:
a)
a means to ensure the possibility of communication (communication) between people speaking different languages
b)
form analysis
c)
comparison study of translations
d)
consideration of factors
e)
regulatory recommendations.
5.
An important research method is:
a)
comparative
b)
experiment
c)
historical
d)
additional
e)
survey.
6.
Research method used in the informant interview:
a)
additional
b)
comparative
c)
historical
d)
language
7.
Relative notion which, despite obvious differences in linguistic structure meaning be adequately expressed across languages:
a)
Translatability.
b)
Untranslatability.
c)
Adequacy.
d)
Pragmatics.
e)
Comprehensibility.
8.
Speech communication between two communicants using different languages is called:
a)
Interlanguage communication
b)
multilingual communication
c)
language communication
d)
linguistic communication
e)
external communication.
9.
Language mediation is:
a)
Identification of original and translation
b)
Transformation of the original message into a language form that can be perceived by the Receptor
c)
Translation oriented to the original foreign language
d)
Transfer of information
e)
Reproduction of the speech communication process.
10.
There are two main types of language mediation:
a)
Translation and adaptive transcoding
b)
translation and identification
c)
translation and adaptation
d)
translation and coding
e)
Communication and adaptive transcoding.
11.
Sense-for-sense translation means:
a)
Faithful translation.
b)
Oral translation.
c)
Literal translation.
d)
Written translation.
e)
Contextual translation.
12.
What does the general theory of translation study:
a)
Studying of general principles of translation.
b)
Studying of target text to source text adequacy.
c)
Studying of practical aspects of translating activity.
d)
Studying of certain types of translation.
e)
Studying of principles of a certain pair of languages.
13.
The applied translation study concerns:
a)
Studying of practical aspects of translating activity.
b)
Studying of general principles of translation.
c)
Studying of target text to source text adequacy.
d)
Studying of certain types of translation.
e)
Studying of principles of a certain pair of languages.
14.
The task of the theory of translation is:
a)
A theoretical description of the translation phenomena.
b)
The semantic identification of the translation.
c)
The performance of future translators.
d)
Creation of translation masterpiece.
e)
Presumption of structural identity of two texts.
15.
The theory of translation provides the translator with:
a)
Appropriate tools of analysis and synthesis for translation process.
b)
Future work.
c)
Strong command of English.
d)
New lexical, structural and phonetic objects of foreign language system.
e)
High salary.
16.
The functional identification is that:
a)
The translation is ascribed to the author of the original, published under his name, discussed, quoted, as if he were the original, only in another language.
b)
Translation receptors believe that the translation fully reproduces the content of the original, that it transmits the same content by means of another language.
c)
Translation receptors believe that the translation reproduces the original not only as a whole, but also in particular
d)
Speech communication is carried out between two communicants, the translation acts as an independent source of information
e)
Translation is published under the name of the translator.
17.
Adaptive transcoding is:
a)
Type of language mediation, which is entirely focused on the original foreign language
b)
A kind of language mediation in which transcoding of information from one language to another and its transformation take place.
c)
The type of language mediation in which speech communication between two communicators using different languages occurs.
d)
Type of language mediation for which the text is adapted
e)
A type of language mediation that is entirely focused on communication.
18.
Adaptive transcoding is done by compiling:
a)
annotations, abstracts, summaries.
b)
translation tasks and goals
c)
Information
d)
conversations, conversations
e)
Artwork
19.
The expressions are never translated at the formal level:
a)
Figurative.
b)
Free.
c)
New.
d)
Old.
e)
Simple.
20.
How many types of readers are allocated by T. Sevori:
a)
4.
b)
5.
c)
3.
d)
2.
e)
6.
21.
The monograph by O. Kade ..., which considers the general principles of studying translation in modern linguistics.
a)
“Random and regular in translation”.
b)
“On the linguistic aspects of translation”.
c)
“Introduction to Translation Theory”.
d)
“Language and Translation”.
e)
“To the science of translation”.
22.
Who started the “sense-for-sense” tradition in translation:
a)
Cicero.
b)
Horace.
c)
St. Jerome.
d)
Baker.
e)
Plato.
23.
How do Miller and Bob-Center propose to determine the quality of the translation?
a)
By asking questions to the original and the text of the translation.
b)
By comparing with a specialist bilingual.
c)
Comparison of both texts according to the degree of their language redundancy.
d)
Evaluation of machine translation.
e)
By post-editing.
24.
The way of making matching-borrowing:
a)
By replacing.
b)
Using equivalent.
c)
Using transcribing and transliteration.
d)
Using generalization.
e)
By omission.
25.
We hardly understand Russian speaking foreigners:
a)
Due to their excessive use of unintelligible phrases.
b)
Due to a speech defect.
c)
Because of the dialect.
d)
Due to illiteracy.
e)
Because of the manner of conversation.
26.
Find the concept is not similar to the concept of equivalence:
a)
Pragmatism.
b)
Identity.
c)
Adequacy.
d)
Full value.
e)
Similarity.
27.
Words of specific character, such as scientific and technical terms, proper or geographical names, etc. have:
a)
Permanent equivalents.
b)
Regular equivalents.
c)
Lexical equivalents.
d)
Grammatical equivalents.
e)
Phraseological equivalents.
28.
These were recently widely used to refer to common areas:
a)
Symbols.
b)
Arrows.
c)
Road signs.
d)
Icons.
e)
Sports signs.
29.
The recipient of the message, listening or reading party communication:
a)
Receptor
b)
Addressee
c)
Adviser
d)
Coordinator
e)
Tutor
30.
What two types of translation Newmark offers to distinguish:
a)
Syntactic and grammatical
b)
Communicative and semantic
c)
Equivalent and adequate
d)
Communicative and syntactic
e)
Abstract and adapted
31.
Words that are often found among SL names of specific national phenomena:
a)
Equivalent-lacking words.
b)
Regular equivalents.
c)
Borrowings.
d)
Permanent equivalents.
e)
Grammatical equivalents.
32.
The equivalents of the English word “laborious” such as “жалықтыратын; еңбекқор; ыждағатты; дүбірлі” / “утомительный; трудолюбивый; старательный; напряжённый; работящий” are defined as:
a)
Lexical equivalents.
b)
Grammatical equivalents.
c)
Phraseological equivalents.
d)
Permanent equivalents.
e)
Occasional equivalents.
33.
This person clearly distinguished between "translation" and "adaptive transcoding:
a)
C. Rice
b)
O. Kade
c)
V. Wills
d)
P.Newmark
e)
A.D. Schweitzer
34.
J. Dalel is engaged in:
a)
literary translation.
b)
written translation.
c)
scientific translation.
d)
stylistic translation.
e)
Interpreting.
35.
The type of translation where an interpreter is supposed to be able to perform his translation while the speaker is uttering the original message:
a)
Simultaneous translation.
b)
Written translation.
c)
Consecutive translation.
d)
Informative translation.
e)
Literary translation.
36.
The type of translation which involves the use of special equipment:
a)
Simultaneous translation.
b)
Literary translation.
c)
Written translation.
d)
Consecutive translation.
e)
Informative translation.
37.
A set of knowledge about any field of knowledge that allows you to properly navigate in it ...
a)
thesaurus.
b)
encyclopedic dictionary.
c)
Grammar Dictionary.
d)
glossary.
e)
Explanatory Dictionary.
38.
The process of putting down precocious information:
a)
Translator’s note-taking.
b)
Oral translation.
c)
Translation aid.
d)
Recasting.
e)
Translator’s memory.
39.
Precocious information usually consists of :
a)
Personal names.
b)
The longest words.
c)
Text type information.
d)
Pictures.
e)
Abbreviations.
40.
The process of modifying an existing product to make it accessible, usable and culturally suitable to a target audience is:
a)
Product localization.
b)
Film translation.
c)
Product adaptation.
d)
Specialized translation.
e)
Brand translation.
41.
The translation models are used because:
a)
The mental processes of translation are not directly observable.
b)
They make translation easier.
c)
The mental processes of translation are directly observable.
d)
They help to translate correctly.
e)
The mental processes are not directly connected with translation.
42.
The situational model is also known as:
a)
Denotative.
b)
Transformational.
c)
Dynamic.
d)
Structural.
e)
Language correspondence model.
43.
The transformational model of translation is based on the linguistic theory by:
a)
N. Chomsky.
b)
L. Venuti.
c)
E. Nida.
d)
C. Noam.
e)
D. Holmes.
44.
The translation model that is based on the postulate that any oral or written text and its basic unit – a word are bearers of different information:
a)
Information.
b)
Communication.
c)
Situational.
d)
Transformational.
e)
Language correspondence.
45.
The translation model which considers the process of translation as an act of two-language communication:
a)
Communication.
b)
Information.
c)
Situational.
d)
Transformational.
e)
Language correspondence.
46.
The translation model which postulates that, in any two languages, there is a number of nuclear structures which are fully equivalent to each other:
a)
Transformational.
b)
Communication.
c)
Information.
d)
Situational.
e)
Language correspondence.
47.
Who distinguished the five levels of equivalence:
a)
V. Komissarov.
b)
E. Nida.
c)
R. Jacobson.
d)
P. Newmark.
e)
I. Alekseyeva.
48.
The notion of equivalence is:
a)
Evaluative.
b)
Good.
c)
Bad.
d)
Ambiguous.
e)
Adequate.
49.
Find the only element common for the ST and TT in the 1 level of equivalence:
a)
The purport of communication.
b)
The identification of the situation.
c)
The method of the situation description.
d)
The invariant meaning of the syntactic structures.
e)
The equivalence of semes.
50.
The elements common for the ST and TT in the 2 level of equivalence:
a)
The purport of communication, the identification of the situation.
b)
The identification of the situation, the method of the situation description.
c)
The identification of the situation, the equivalence of semes.
d)
The identification of the situation, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures.
e)
The purport of communication, the equivalence of semes.
51.
The elements common for the ST and TT in the 3 level of equivalence:
a)
The purport of communication, the identification of the situation, the method of the situation description.
b)
The purport of communication, the identification of the situation, the equivalence of semes.
c)
The purport of communication, the identification of the situation, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures.
d)
The identification of the situation, the method of the situation description, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures.
e)
The purport of communication, the equivalence of semes, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures.
52.
The elements common for the ST and TT in the 4 level of equivalence:
a)
The purport of communication, the identification of the situation, the method of the situation description, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures.
b)
The purport of communication, the identification of the situation, the equivalence of semes, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures.
c)
The purport of communication, the identification of the situation,the method of the situation description, the equivalence of semes.
d)
The purport of communication, the identification of the situation, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures.
e)
The identification of the situation, the method of the situation description, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures, the equivalence of semes.
53.
The elements common for the ST and TT in the 5 level of equivalence:
a)
The purport of communication, the identification of the situation, the method of the situation description, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures, the equivalence of semes.
b)
The purport of communication, the identification of the situation, the equivalence of semes, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures.
c)
The purport of communication, the identification of the situation, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures.
d)
The identification of the situation, the method of the situation description, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures, the equivalence of semes.
e)
The method of the situation description, the invariant meaning of the syntactic structures, the equivalence of semes.
54.
Find a level of equivalence is closer to the reliable:
a)
1.
b)
2.
c)
5.
d)
4.
e)
3.
55.
The most important condition of translation equivalence:
a)
Invariant plane of content.
b)
Text type reproduction.
c)
Text form reproduction.
d)
Invariant artistic effect.
e)
Stylistic features reproduction.
56.
The word "impeachment" belongs to:
a)
Equivalent-lacking word.
b)
Lexical equivalent.
c)
Grammatical equivalent.
d)
Permanent equivalent.
e)
Phraseological equivalent.
57.
What scholar proved that, despite differences in code-units between different languages, any verbal language can render any message originally written in another verbal language:
a)
R. Jacobson.
b)
P. Newmark
c)
V. Komissarov.
d)
E. Nida.
e)
W. Koller.
58.
The measure that focuses on the message itself, in both form and content:
a)
Formal equivalence.
b)
Dynamic equivalence.
c)
Correspondence.
d)
Equivalent effect.
e)
Pragmatic effect.
59.
The phenomena that depends above all on achieving equivalent response:
a)
Dynamic equivalence.
b)
Formal equivalence.
c)
Correspondence.
d)
Translation.
e)
Transformation.
60.
The level of equivalence that is mostly observed in proverbs:
a)
1.
b)
2.
c)
3.
d)
4.
e)
5.
61.
The type of equivalent the English idiom “to dine with Duke Humphrey” belongs to:
a)
Equivalent-lacking.
b)
Lexical equivalent.
c)
Grammatical equivalent.
d)
Permanent equivalent.
e)
Phraseological equivalent.
62.
The psycho-linguistic classification distinguishes Oral translation and:
a)
Written translation.
b)
Literary translation.
c)
Informative translation.
d)
Consecutive translation.
e)
Simultaneous translation.
63.
The genre-and-style classification distinguishes:
a)
Informative translation.
b)
Oral translation.
c)
Consecutive translation.
d)
Written translation.
e)
Simultaneous translation.
64.
P. Newmark distinguished between Communicative translation and:
a)
Semantic translation,
b)
Dynamic translation.
c)
Equivalent translation.
d)
Formal translation.
e)
Expressive translation.
65.
W. Koller distinguished between the Correspondence notion and :
a)
Equivalence.
b)
Foreignization.
c)
Localization.
d)
Transformation.
e)
Shifts.
66.
Catford distinguishes two major types of the shift in translation, Category and :
a)
Level.
b)
Structure.
c)
Class.
d)
Unit.
e)
Intra-system.
67.
K. Reiss suggested following text types:
a)
Audiomedial and operative.
b)
Functional and audiovisual.
c)
Audiovisual and operative.
d)
Functional and informative.
e)
Multimedia and operative.
68.
According to K.Reiss the language dimension in informative texts transmit:
a)
Logical information.
b)
Creative composition.
c)
Aesthetic impact.
d)
Zero information.
e)
External data of the text.
69.
The set of meanings, the configuration of semantic patterns, that are typically drawn upon under the specific conditions, along with the words and structures that are used in the realization of these meanings:
a)
Register
b)
Aesthetics.
c)
Purport.
d)
Reference.
e)
Function.
70.
Transcription of the original involves:
a)
Word-for-word reproduction of part of the text.
b)
Elimination of part of the text.
c)
Recreation of a context that is more familiar.
d)
Explicitation of source information.
e)
Implicitation of part of the text.
71.
Adaptation is subdivided into Global and :
a)
Local.
b)
Regional.
c)
Micro.
d)
Macro.
e)
Territorial.
72.
According to Brisset adaptation is viewed as:
a)
Reterritorialization.
b)
Appropriation.
c)
Equivalence.
d)
Imitation.
e)
Domestication.
73.
The two types of context are Situational and:
a)
Linguistic.
b)
Lexical.
c)
Grammatical.
d)
Denotative.
e)
Idiomatic.
74.
Supplementary observational data within TAP include:
a)
Intonation patterns.
b)
Eye movements.
c)
Gestures.
d)
Written end product.
e)
Facial expressions.
75.
Who described minimal translation unit as “the smallest segment of the utterance whose signs are linked in such a way that they should not be translated individually”:
a)
Vinay.
b)
Catford.
c)
Alekseyeva.
d)
Komissarov.
e)
Reiss.
76.
A translation memory can be used in two ways Automatic mode and:
a)
Interactive mode.
b)
Mechanical mode.
c)
Direct mode.
d)
Indirect mode.
e)
Operative mode.
77.
The first concrete proposals for a ‘translation machine’ can be dated precisely by the simultaneous, but unconnected, issue of patents in 1933 to:
a)
Petr Smirnov-Troyanskii.
b)
Warren Weaver.
c)
Katherine Reiss.
d)
Norbert Wiener.
e)
James Holmes.
78.
MT systems were subdivided into Indirect systems and:
a)
Direct systems.
b)
Transfer systems.
c)
Bilingual systems.
d)
Universal systems.
e)
Abstract systems.
79.
The earliest MT systems included:
a)
Dictionary look-up.
b)
Transfer approach.
c)
Structural analysis.
d)
Synthesis.
e)
A bilingual mapping.
80.
Second generation MT systems:
a)
Transfer approach.
b)
Bilingual systems.
c)
Universal systems.
d)
Direct systems.
e)
Abstract systems.
81.
Machine translation uses:
a)
Corpora of texts.
b)
Human capacity.
c)
Metalanguage.
d)
Field notes.
e)
Intonation patterns.
82.
Translation transformation can be defined as:
a)
Reorganization of a piece of text in SL into a piece of text in TL.
b)
Measure of semantic similarity between the units in two languages.
c)
Metalangage.
d)
Translative interventions.
e)
Textual interchangeability.
83.
Areas in which translation became the subject of research were Comparative literature and:
a)
Contrastive analysis.
b)
Cognitive linguistics.
c)
Sociolinguistics.
d)
Computational linguistics.
e)
Philosophy.
84.
Larger-scale studies within the framework of product-oriented DTS can be:
a)
Diachronic.
b)
Descriptive.
c)
Regression analysis.
d)
Conceptual analysis.
e)
Computational.
85.
Function-oriented DTS of Holmes can be also termed as:
a)
Socio-translation studies.
b)
Statistic analysis.
c)
Corpora studies.
d)
Discourse studies.
e)
Narrative analysis.
86.
Process-oriented DTS according to Holmes is concerned with:
a)
Psychology of translation.
b)
Narrative analysis.
c)
Organizing data.
d)
Statistic analysis.
e)
Corpora analysis.
87.
Area-restricted theories are related to work in:
a)
Contrastive linguistics.
b)
Rhetoric.
c)
Cultural studies.
d)
Philosophy.
e)
Cognitive linguistics.
88.
Text-type approaches came to prominence with the work of ______ in the 1970s:
a)
Reiss.
b)
Vinay.
c)
Darbelnet.
d)
Nida.
e)
Koller.
89.
Germany (1970s) has seen the rise of theories centered around:
a)
Text types.
b)
Gender aspect.
c)
Discourse analysis.
d)
Systematic functional grammar.
e)
Localization.
90.
In the early 1990s Australia and UK have been influenced by:
a)
Discourse analysis.
b)
Localization.
c)
Corpus-based research.
d)
Text purpose.
e)
Text types.
91.
Translation is:
a)
A means of interlingual communication.
b)
An object of phonetic research.
c)
The phenomenon that cannot be described.
d)
Physical demonstration of grammar and lexicon of a language.
e)
The study of words.
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