Which of the following is an unworkable transfer strategy in translation?

A. Translating SL into TL directly

When should a name appear at the end of a quote in an English headline?

When it’s a well-known public figure

Why should you study journalism to become a better translator?

To understand news writing styles and formats

The golden transfer strategy involves:

C. Rethinking the SL message before converting it into TL

Which of these is NOT a recommended practice for improving journalistic translation skills?

Avoiding news reading to stay unbiased

Which of the following is key in Arabic headlines unless the name is famous?

The person’s position or title

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1
Which of the following is an unworkable transfer strategy in translation?
A. Translating SL into TL directly
C. Considering cultural equivalence before translating
B. Rethinking the message in SL first
D. Analyzing syntactic structures
2
When should a name appear at the end of a quote in an English headline?
When it’s a well-known public figure
Never
When it’s a direct quote and the person is not well-known
Always
3
In Arabic news headlines, how are quotation marks used?
Use double quotation marks
No quotation marks are used
Use parentheses { } instead
Use single quotation marks
4
Why should you study journalism to become a better translator?
To understand news writing styles and formats
To learn camera techniques
To become a news achor
To get a press pass
5
In Arabic writing, is a comma typically used in listing a series of words?
False
True
6
The golden transfer strategy involves:
A. Translating the message word-for-word
B. Translating SL into TL without rephrasing
C. Rethinking the SL message before converting it into TL
D. Translating from TL to SL
7
It is a must to translate the news story paragraphs in the same order they appear in the source text
False
True
8
Which of these is NOT a recommended practice for improving journalistic translation skills?
Building a glossary
D. Getting feedback from professionals
C. Practicing under time constraints
Avoiding news reading to stay unbiased
9
Which of the following is key in Arabic headlines unless the name is famous?
The location of the event
Age of the person
The length of the article
The person’s position or title
10
Journalistic translators should imitate English punctuation rules when translating into Arabic.
False
True

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