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Discourse and Register Analysis Approaches
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1
In discourse analysis, "tenor" refers to:
The medium of communication (written/spoken)
The emotional tone of the communication
The topic of the text
The formality level between speaker and audience
2
A translator must preserve the exact register of the source text, even if it sounds unnatural in the target language.
False
True
3
Register analysis focuses only on vocabulary choices, not context.
True
False
4
According to Halliday, register includes,
except
:
Mode (communication channel)
Font size
Field (topic)
Tenor (participant relationship)
5
Cohesion refers to the grammatical and lexical links that hold a text together.
True
False
6
Which of the following are
features of a covert translation?
The translator’s presence is visibly highlighted.
The text reads as if originally written in the target language.
It adapts idioms and cultural terms to the target audience.
It includes footnotes explaining cultural nuances.
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Which of the following are
NOT
cohesive devices in discourse analysis?
Pronouns (e.g., "he," "they")
Conjunctions (e.g., "however," "because")
Punctuation marks
Lexical repetition (e.g., repeating key terms)
8
Functional Grammar (Halliday) prioritizes strict grammatical rules over how language functions in social contexts.
False
True
9
Discourse analysis is irrelevant for literary translation because it only applies to technical texts.
True
False
10
An
overt translation
openly acknowledges that it is a translation and does not try to hide its foreign origin.
False
True
11
When translating a formal business email, a translator should consider:
Ensuring cohesive links (e.g., logical connectors) are clear
Removing all cultural references for neutrality
Adjusting the tenor to match the target culture’s expectations
Maintaining the original syntax word-for-word
12
Which strategies might a translator use to adapt register?
Changing idioms to literal equivalents
Ignoring the source text’s tone
Replacing dialect with standard language
Adjusting formality levels (e.g., "tu" vs. "vous" in French)
