Translation Techniques 5

Question 1

A 'semantic' translation approach (Newmark) prioritizes:

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Staying close to the source author's meaning and style

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Maximum freedom for the target reader

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Word-for-word rendering only

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Omitting difficult passages

Question 2

A 'communicative' translation approach (Newmark) prioritizes:

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Producing an effect on the target reader similar to the source reader's

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Literal accuracy above all

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Keeping source-language syntax

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Preserving every cultural term untranslated

Question 3

Dynamic equivalence (Nida) is characterized by:

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Aiming for the same response in target readers as the original had

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Strict formal correspondence

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Borrowing source structures

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Avoiding any cultural adjustment

Question 4

Formal equivalence (Nida) emphasizes:

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Matching the form and content of the source as closely as possible

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Free cultural adaptation

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Reader response over accuracy

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Omitting source structures

Question 5

Which technique is most useful when subtitling, where space and time are limited?

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Reduction / condensation

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Amplification

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Calque

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Borrowing

Question 6

Back-translation is primarily used to:

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Check the accuracy of a translation by translating it back to the source language

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Create a stylistic variant

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Borrow new terms

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Adapt for a new culture

Question 7

Naturalization (a borrowing variant) involves:

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Adapting a borrowed word to the target language's pronunciation and spelling

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Translating each morpheme

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Adding a footnote

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Deleting the term