Maxim of relevance (relation)

Make your contributions relevant to the current exchange.

Rendering in translation is

an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, of a text.

Translation shifts are

ascribed mainly to textual incompatibility in terms of rhetorical asymmetry

Find the implied meaning: A: 'Are you going to be much longer?'B: 'You can mix yourself another drink.'

'It's time to go / We're going to be late / What is taking you so long?'

the quality of being logical and consistent.

literal translation is

one that maintains the original content without changing structure or form.

Rhymed translation is

where the translator enters into a double bondage of metre and rhyme.

rules of a language governing the sounds, words, sentences and etc.

The function of shift in translation is

the process of transposing source text meanings into the target language.

the study of sign and sign systems in language.

Do not say what you believe to be false.

Supplemental coherence

indicates that an element is repeated from one segment to another.

Find the implied meaning: 'Better put some sunscreen on before you go.'

It is hot and sunny outside, so you might get sunburned '.

Choose the types of translation according to Roman Jacobson.

intralingual, interlingual, and intersemiotic.

a literal, word-for-word translation, as opposed to a paraphrase

Find an example of Inter-Semiotic Translation.

Translation of metrical poetry from one language to another.

Be brief (avoid unnecessary prolixity) and avoid ambiguity

the oldest norm for translating.

Make your contribution as informative as is required

Cohesion in translation

lexico-grammatical devices across sentences to be understood as a text

the study of how context contributes to meaning.

What is communicative translation?

It attempts to render the exact contextual meaning of the source language.

Empirical translation studies is

way of predicting translation phenomena in a systematic and controlled way.

verbal interchange of ideas. especially in conversation.

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Sociolinguistics is
the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society.
field of linguistics that studies “fixed” language fixed pragmatics.
verbal interchange of ideas. especially in conversation.
the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society.
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According to Beekman and Callow (1989), there are _______ main types of translation.
4
2
6
3
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Lingua pragmatics is
the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society.
the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society.
field of linguistics that studies “fixed” language fixed with pragmatics.
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Maxim of relevance (relation)
Make your contributions relevant to the current exchange.
Be brief (avoid unnecessary prolixity).
Make your contribution as informative as is required
Do not make your contribution more informative than is required.
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Rendering in translation is
an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, of a text.
relating to meaning in language or logic.
rules of a language governing the sounds, words, sentences, other elements.
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Translation shifts are
ascribed mainly to textual incompatibility in terms of rhetorical asymmetry
informative
prose rendering of Verse
the way of translating social or cultural reality
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_________________ are to be translated based on their function.
Grammar
Poem
Idiom
Play
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____________ a conversational implicature based on an addressee's assumption.
Conversational implicature
Standard implicature
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Find the implied meaning: A: 'Are you going to be much longer?'B: 'You can mix yourself another drink.'
'Oh he's very friendly, very media-savvy, loves animals.'
'It's time to go / We're going to be late / What is taking you so long?'
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Coherence concerns
the quality of being logical and consistent.
lexico-grammatical devices across sentences to be understood as a text
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__________ is the process of using artificial intelligence to automatically translate text from one language to another.
Interlingual translation
Machine translation
Decoding
Re-encoding
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Formal equivalence is also called as
None of the above
Dynamic
Gloss
Covering
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literal translation is
one that maintains the original content without changing structure or form.
an interpretation of verbal signs by means of some other language.
represents some changes occurring in a translation process.
used as a weapon in both dogmatic and political conflicts
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Rhymed translation is
to be translated based on their function.
an example of Inter-Semiotic Translation.
where the translator enters into a double bondage of metre and rhyme.
translation of metrical poetry from one language to another.
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Grammar is
rules of a language governing the sounds, words, sentences and etc.
the quality of forming a unified whole.
relating to meaning in language or logic.
the quality of being logical and consistent.
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The function of shift in translation is
form of translation that involves at least two different semiotic codes.
cultural communication through which ideas are circulated and translated.
the process of transposing source text meanings into the target language.
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Semiotics is
the translation within the same language.
the study of sign and sign systems in language.
the conversion of text from one script to another.
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__________ is meant often goes beyond what is said and this additional meaning is inferred and predictable.
Standard implicature
Conversational implicature
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Maxim of quality
Do not say what you believe to be false.
Avoid ambiguity
Make your contributions relevant to the current exchange.
Be brief (avoid unnecessary prolixity).
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_______________ translation is the oldest norm for translating.
Line by line
Text for text
Sense-for-sense
Word for word
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The word translation is derived from the
Greek
german
Latin
English
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Supplemental coherence
indicates that an element is repeated from one segment to another.
justifies this continuity.
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A good translation is a translation that provides an __________ message of the SL text in the target language.
equivalent
wrong
opposite
irrevelant
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Find the implied meaning: 'Better put some sunscreen on before you go.'
Buy some sunscreen for me.
It is going to rain.
It is hot and sunny outside, so you might get sunburned '.
Don't take my sunscreen.
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Choose the types of translation according to Roman Jacobson.
intralingual, interlingual, and intersemiotic.
administrative, financial, and legal
intralingual, interlingual, and legal
intralingual, literary, and intersemiotic.
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The way of translating the social or cultural reality of the source text to that of the culture of target language is
Calque
Untranslatability
Linguistic
Adaptation
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Metaphrase is
field of linguistics that studies “fixed” language fixed with pragmatics.
the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society.
a literal, word-for-word translation, as opposed to a paraphrase
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According to Edward Sapir, language is
a text
a guide to social reality.
communicating tool.
the way of translating social or cultural reality
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Find an example of Inter-Semiotic Translation.
Caricature
Prose rendering of Verse
Translation of metrical poetry from one language to another.
Film adaptation of a novel
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Maxim of manner
Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence.
Make your contribution as informative as is required.
Do not say what you believe to be false.
Be brief (avoid unnecessary prolixity) and avoid ambiguity
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Sense-for-sense
cultural communication through which ideas are circulated and translated.
the oldest norm for translating.
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_________ is translating an author word-by-word and line-by-line from one language to another.
Mistranslation
Vertical
Metaphrase
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Explanatory coherence
never leads to the explication of thematic continuity.
justifies this continuity.
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Maxim of quantity:
Avoid obscurity of expression
Make your contributions relevant to the current exchange.
Make your contribution as informative as is required
Try to make your contribution one that is true.
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Horizontal or vertical translation is
Paraphrase
Metaphrase
Imitation
Medieval translation
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Cohesion in translation
lexico-grammatical devices across sentences to be understood as a text
the quality of being logical and consistent.
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Rewording is also called as _______________.
adaptation.
calque.
intralingual translation.
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In which the translation of an expression is rendered word-for-word?
Calque
Adaptation
Paraphrase
Cultural
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Pragmatics is
the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society.
verbal interchange of ideas. especially conversation.
the study of how context contributes to meaning.
the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society.
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According to Roman Jacobson, there are how many translation types?
2
5
3
4
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According to Jakobson, every poetic art is
technically imaginative
device
technically untranslatable
technically translatable.
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What is communicative translation?
interpretation of verbal signs by means of other signs of the same language
It attempts to render the exact contextual meaning of the source language.
It is one of the classic approaches to machine translation.
any form of translation that involves at least two different semiotic codes
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Empirical translation studies is
never leads to the explication of thematic continuity.
form of translation that involves at least two different semiotic codes.
indicates that an element is repeated from one segment to another.
way of predicting translation phenomena in a systematic and controlled way.
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Discourse is
the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society.
the study of how context contributes to meaning.
verbal interchange of ideas. especially in conversation.
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Susan Bassnet is
poet
translation theorist
novelist

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