Filters
Question type
Study Flashcards

Which of Newmark's types of translation corresponds to Nida's 'dynamic equivalence'?


A) Semantic translation
B) Communicative translation
C) Literal translation

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

B

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


A) Parole is the system of language and langue is the individual utterances
B) Langue is the system of language and parole is the individual utterances
C) Langue is written language and parole is spoken language

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

B

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


A) The problem of cross-cultural difference often makes translation impossible
B) Linguistic relativity makes translation impossible
C) All things are translatable except perhaps poetry

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

What are the types of meaning that Nida analyses?


A) Linguistic, referential and connotative meaning
B) Structural, semantic and pragmatic meaning
C) Dictionary and emotive meaning

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Which of Koller's types of equivalence corresponds to Nida's 'dynamic equivalence'?


A) Connotative equivalence
B) Text-normative equivalence
C) Pragmatic equivalence

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

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


A) Formal equivalence (later called 'formal correspondence') and dynamic equivalence (later called 'functional equivalence')
B) Formal equivalence and equivalent effect
C) Formal correspondence and dynamic translation

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

What is a tertium comparationis?


A) Formal equivalence
B) A comparison against which departure from meaning in an ST and TT may be gauged
C) A translation that is used to create a dynamic equivalent

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

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


A) Analysis, translation and back transformation
B) Analysis, transfer and restructuring
C) Analysis, transfer and exegesis

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

B

Showing 1 - 8 of 8

Related Exams

Exam 1

Main Issues of Translation Studies

7 Questions

Exam 2

Translation Theory Before the Twentieth Century

9 Questions

Exam 4

Studying Translation Product and Process

8 Questions

Exam 5

Functional Theories of Translation

8 Questions

Exam 6

Discourse and Register Analysis Approaches

8 Questions

Exam 7

Systems Theories

8 Questions

Exam 8

Cultural and Ideological Turns

8 Questions

Exam 9

The Role of the Translator: Visibility, Ethics and Sociology

8 Questions

Exam 10

Philosophical Approaches to Translation

8 Questions

Exam 11

New Directions From the New Media

9 Questions

Show Answer