TEST 2

worked in the cotton factory

found employment in the same workplace

theatergoer

theatrical performances

lover of music

music

made the eighteen-year-old his secretary

became secretary to Thomas A. Scott

steel was going to replace iron

greater demand for steel

cutting prices

reducing prices

obtained capital from banks

borrowing money from banks

planned new projects

arranging future projects

improvement of existing plants

innovations for factories

cutting down the number of workers

smaller workforce was required

workers had a right to join unions

prevented workers from joining unions

refused to enter into agreements

negotiated with competitors

English-speaking world

United States only

semantic equivalence

displays equivalence

loss of information

not all information can be conveyed

purpose for which it was made

client's requirements

stylistic features

stylistic aspects

at the expense of content

low value to content

emphasises accuracy

reproducing the content accurately

cultural backgrounds

important cultural aspects

linguistic structure

grammatical structures

linguistic structure is ignored

meaning without original grammatical structures

reads as if it were written originally

give the impression of being an original work

heavy timber

wood

canoes

boats

living in extremely poor conditions

poverty

cultivation of crops

agriculture

appealed to those fascinated with space travel

briefly accepted

covered in palm trees

covered in forest

exactly how is a matter of debate

still to be established

cut large logs

construction of stone statues

came around AD1200

first settlers arrived much later

population collapsed

population declined

unable to germinate

cause of deforestation

ample evidence

sufficient evidence

transformed from a subtropical rainforest to a treeless landscape

lack of vegetation

negotiate (v)

thương lượng >< refuse