GILT - Chapter 1 Quiz

Sometimes the target language causes the translator to be creative because there is no direct equivalent for the translator to use.

True

Unlike translations, source texts are not based on previous works.

False

According to Polizzotti, a translated text is which of the following:

Recreation, subjective process, reinterpretation, collaboration

The work of translation is self-effacing, leaving very little, if any trace, of the translator.

False

Good translations allow the reader to experience the original text with very little difference between the translated text and the translation itself.

False

Most current estimates put the functional vocabulary of the English language at:

A. 185,000 words

B.  500,000 words

C. 100,000 words

D. 250,000 words

B. 500,000 words

History, culture, usage, literary tradition, politics, chance occurrence, and even scandal are as important to languages as definitions and grammatical rules.

True

Any translation is is merely a "pale imitation" of the original and is always inferior to it

True