NAATI Written Translation Skills and Text Transfer

Question 1

A NAATI translation credential is awarded for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A specific language direction, such as Japanese into English

Answer

NAATI translation credentials are direction-specific. Passing a test from Language A into Language B does not credential you from B into A. That direction needs its own test.

Question 2

Before translating a passage, what is the main purpose of source-text analysis?

Accepted Answer

To identify the text's purpose, audience, register and genre so the translation works the same way

Answer

Source-text analysis tells the translator what the text does and who it is for. Those choices about function, register and genre then guide the target text, so it reads naturally and has the same effect on its readers.

Question 3

A source text is a formal government notice. Which approach best keeps the right register in the translation?

Accepted Answer

Use the formal phrasing and conventions that government notices normally use in the target language

Answer

Register must match the function of the source text. A formal notice should read like an authentic formal notice in the target language, without becoming casual and without copying source-language structures.

Question 4

A source sentence contains an idiom with no direct equivalent in the target language. What is generally the best practice?

Accepted Answer

Give its meaning and effect with a natural target-language expression or a paraphrase

Answer

A good translation carries over meaning and effect, not surface form. A literal rendering of an idiom usually distorts the meaning or sounds unnatural. A functional equivalent or a paraphrase keeps the message.

Question 5

Which of the following is generally treated as the most serious error in a translation?

Accepted Answer

A mistranslation that changes the meaning of the source text

Answer

Accuracy of meaning is the core requirement. Errors that distort, add or leave out meaning are weighted more heavily than stylistic or formatting issues, because they can mislead the reader.

(NAATI) National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Practice Test

(NAATI) National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Practice Test

NAATI Written Translation Skills and Text Transfer