For Jakobson, cross–linguistic differences are

Gender, Aspect and Sematic field

What is a tertium comparationis?

A comparison against which departure from meaning in an ST and TT may be ga

What are the three phases of Nida’s system of translation?

Analysis, transfer and restructuring

What are the two ‘basic orientations’ of translation described by Nida?

Formal equivalence and dynamic equivalence

What are the meanings of Saussure’s terms langue and parole?

Langue is the system of language and parole is the individual utterances

What is Jakobson’s stance towards equivalence of meaning between languages?

All things are translatable except perhaps poetry

Kernels are the essential components of the source text which have 4 functions

Verbs, nouns, adjectives, conjunctions, All of these

Nida's concept of meaning is broken down into the following

Referential, linguistic and emotive meaning

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1
For Jakobson, cross–linguistic differences are
Gender, Aspect and Sematic field
Semantics, Pragmatics and Sense
Gender, Genre and Text-type
None of the above
2
Which of the following is true
Signifier and Signified= Sign
Sign = Signifier + Sign + Signified
Signifier and Sign = Signified
All of these
3
What is a tertium comparationis?
A translation procedure
A comparison against which departure from meaning in an ST and TT may be ga
A translation that is used to create a dynamic equivalent
Formal equivalence
4
The absence of a word in a language does not mean that a concept cannot be perceived.
True
False
5
What are the three phases of Nida’s system of translation?
This is Jakobson's system of translation
Analysis, translation and back transformation
Analysis, transfer and exegesis
Analysis, transfer and restructuring
6
Full linguistic relativity would mean that translation is impossible
True
False
7
What are the two ‘basic orientations’ of translation described by Nida?
Formal equivalence and dynamic equivalence
Formal correspondence and dynamic translation
Dynamic equivalence and equivalent effect
Formal equivalence and equivalent effect
8
What are the meanings of Saussure’s terms langue and parole?
Parole is the system of language and langue is the individual utterances
Langue is the system of language and parole is the individual utterances
None of these
Langue is written language and parole is spoken language
9
What is Jakobson’s stance towards equivalence of meaning between languages?
All things are translatable except sacred texts
All things are translatable except perhaps poetry
The problem of cross-cultural difference often makes translation impossible
Linguistic relativity makes translation impossible
10
Kernels are the essential components of the source text which have 4 functions
Verbs, nouns, adjectives, conjunctions
All of these
Verbs, nouns, adjectives, auxiliary verbs
Verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs
11
Which of Newmark’s types of translation corresponds to Nida’s ‘dynamic equivalence’?
Literal translation
Technical translation
Semantic translation
Communicative translation
12
Nida's concept of meaning is broken down into the following
Linguistic meaning and referential meaning
Referential, linguistic and emotive meaning
Non of these
Emotive, connotative and linguistic meaning

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