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Translation Procedures Quiz

Total questions: 6

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which procedure involves taking a word directly from English into Kurdish without change, as with Internet or Sofa?

a)

Borrowing

b)

Transposition

c)

Calque

d)

Modulation

2.

When the English word skyscraper is rendered in Kurdish as ناسمانیبر (literally sky-cutter), which procedure is used?

a)

Calque

b)

Literal Translation

c)

Adaptation

d)

Equivalence

3.

Changing English SVO order to Kurdish SOV during translation is known as:

a)

Modulation

b)

Borrowing

c)

Omission

d)

Transposition

4.

Rendering the idiom It's raining cats and dogs with a Kurdish idiomatic equivalent conveying heavy downpour demonstrates:

a)

Literal Translation

b)

Calque

c)

Borrowing

d)

Equivalence

5.

Replacing Cricket with Football so Kurdish readers relate to a popular sport illustrates:

a)

Transposition

b)

Adaptation

c)

Calque

d)

Modulation

6.

English relative clauses using who, which, that are commonly marked in Kurdish with:

a)
b)

کە

c)

لە

d)

وە