ITI Cultural Adaptation & Localization

Question 1

Which term describes the process of adapting a translated text so that it feels natural and familiar to the target culture, even at the expense of source-culture flavor?

Accepted Answer

Domestication

Answer

Domestication, as theorized by Lawrence Venuti, adapts the text to the norms and expectations of the target culture, making it feel as if it were originally written in that culture.

Question 2

A translator rendering a French text for a US audience changes 'le baccalauréat' to 'high school diploma.' This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Cultural substitution

Answer

Cultural substitution replaces a source-culture concept with a functionally equivalent target-culture concept, helping the target reader grasp the intended meaning.

Question 3

What is a 'cultureme' in translation studies?

Accepted Answer

A unit of meaning unique to a specific culture with no direct equivalent elsewhere

Answer

A cultureme is a culture-specific phenomenon — an item, concept, or practice so embedded in a particular culture that it lacks a straightforward equivalent in other languages.

Question 4

In localization, 'locale' refers to:

Accepted Answer

A combination of language and regional settings such as date format, currency, and conventions

Answer

A locale specifies both the language and regional preferences (e.g., en-US vs. en-GB), governing how elements like dates, numbers, and currency are formatted for a target market.

Question 5

Which strategy is Lawrence Venuti most associated with advocating for literary translation?

Accepted Answer

Foreignization

Answer

Venuti advocates foreignization, which preserves the strangeness of the source text to resist the cultural dominance of the target language and make the translator's work visible.

(ITI) Institute of Translation and Interpreting Diploma in Translation Practice Test

(ITI) Institute of Translation and Interpreting Diploma in Translation Practice Test

ITI Cultural Adaptation & Localization