CT Domain-Specific Terminology Banks 2

Question 1

In legal transliteration, the term 'habeas corpus' originates from Latin. Which transliteration principle applies when rendering it into a non-Latin script?

Accepted Answer

Preserve the phonetic value of each syllable

Answer

Transliteration preserves the phonetic value of the source term, not its meaning, so each syllable of 'habeas corpus' is rendered by its sound in the target script.

Question 2

A medical transliterator encounters the term 'tachycardia.' In a terminology bank, this word would most likely be categorized under which domain?

Accepted Answer

Cardiology

Answer

'Tachycardia' refers to an abnormally rapid heart rate and belongs to the cardiology domain in a medical terminology bank.

Question 3

Which of the following best describes a 'terminology bank' in the context of transliteration work?

Accepted Answer

A curated repository of domain-specific terms with approved transliteration equivalents

Answer

A terminology bank is a structured database of specialized terms paired with their approved transliteration forms for consistent rendering across documents.

Question 4

When transliterating pharmaceutical drug names such as 'ibuprofen' into Arabic script, the standard approach is to:

Accepted Answer

Render each phoneme according to the target script's sound system

Answer

Pharmaceutical transliteration maps each phoneme of the source name to the closest equivalent in the target script's sound inventory.

Question 5

A CT candidate working with a legal terminology bank encounters 'amicus curiae.' The bank notes it is a Latin phrase used in US courts. The correct transliteration approach is to:

Accepted Answer

Transliterate the Latin phrase directly using target-script phonetics

Answer

Legal terms used as proper phrases are transliterated directly from their source language phonetics, not translated first.

(CT) Certificate of Transliteration Practice Test

(CT) Certificate of Transliteration Practice Test

CT Domain-Specific Terminology Banks 2