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ATA Certification Practice Exam — American Translators Association
ATA — The ATA Certification Exam is a performance-based translation exam administered by the American Translators Association (ATA), consisting of two 225–275-word passages to be translated within 3 hours using open reference materials; it is graded using a proprietary error-point deduction system, not multiple choice. This practice set mirrors the knowledge domains, professional standards, and translation quality criteria tested by ATA graders.
30
Questions
90m
Time Limit
75.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 30👑 VIP
A candidate translating a legal contract from Spanish into English renders the Spanish term 'buena fe' as 'good faith.' The ATA grader notes that while the translation is semantically accurate, the candidate failed to preserve the legal register and capitalized the term inconsistently throughout the passage — sometimes 'Good Faith' and sometimes 'good faith.' Under ATA error typology, which category best describes the capitalization inconsistency across the passage?
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