CT Accuracy Verification Methods 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which verification technique involves reading a transliterated text aloud to check phonetic fidelity?
- Oral back-reading (Correct answer)
- Glossary cross-check
- Source alignment scan
- Diacritic audit
Correct answer: Oral back-reading
Oral back-reading tests whether the transliterated form produces the intended sounds when pronounced aloud.
Question 2: A name appears as 'Müller' in German but is rendered 'Muller' in an English transliteration. What type of error is this?
- Omission of diacritical mark (Correct answer)
- Capitalization error
- Script substitution failure
- Morphological distortion
Correct answer: Omission of diacritical mark
Dropping the umlaut 'ü' and not substituting 'ue' constitutes a diacritic omission that alters phonetic representation.
Question 3: In CT exam contexts, 'back-transliteration' is primarily used to:
- Verify that the transliterated form can reconstruct the original script spelling (Correct answer)
- Translate the meaning of the source text
- Convert romanized text to IPA notation
- Detect synonym substitutions
Correct answer: Verify that the transliterated form can reconstruct the original script spelling
Back-transliteration reverses the process to confirm the original spelling is recoverable, validating accuracy.
Question 4: Which standard is most commonly referenced for romanization of Arabic in US government documents?
- ALA-LC Romanization Tables
- ISO 233
- BGN/PCGN (Correct answer)
- UNGEGN
Correct answer: BGN/PCGN
The BGN/PCGN (Board on Geographic Names / Permanent Committee on Geographical Names) system is the standard used in US government geographic and official documents.
Question 5: When verifying a transliteration of a personal name on a legal document, what is the MOST critical check?
- Consistency with how the name appears on the original ID document (Correct answer)
- Aesthetic appeal of the romanized form
- Agreement with the most common local pronunciation
- Matching the phonology of the target language speakers
Correct answer: Consistency with how the name appears on the original ID document
Legal accuracy requires the transliterated name to match exactly the form on the source identity document to avoid discrepancies.
Question 6: A CT candidate finds that the same name is transliterated differently on two pages of the same document. This is an example of:
- Intra-document inconsistency (Correct answer)
- Cross-script ambiguity
- Phonemic neutralization
- Allographic variation
Correct answer: Intra-document inconsistency
When the same name appears in different romanized forms within one document, it represents intra-document inconsistency, a key accuracy error.
Question 7: Which tool helps a translator verify that every character in a source script has a corresponding target-script equivalent in their transliteration?
- Character-by-character mapping table (Correct answer)
- Spell checker
- Grammar analysis software
- Synonym thesaurus
Correct answer: Character-by-character mapping table
A character mapping table ensures no source characters are skipped or incorrectly substituted during transliteration.
CT Accuracy Verification Methods 2
Which verification technique involves reading a transliterated text aloud to check phonetic fidelity?