Question 1

What does the term 'skopos' mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  Function 
B)  Purpose 
C)  Scope 
A)  Function 
B)  Purpose 
C)  Scope B

Question 2

What are Katharina Reiss's three main text types?

Accepted Answer

A)  Referential, poetic and operational 
B)  Informative, expressive and operative 
C)  Informative, poetic and operative 
A)  Referential, poetic and operational 
B)  Informative, expressive and operative 
C)  Informative, poetic and operative B

Question 3

What is the goal of an operative text?

Accepted Answer

A)  To show how a machine or system operates 
B)  To achieve functional equivalence 
C)  To persuade the reader to respond in a certain way 
A)  To show how a machine or system operates 
B)  To achieve functional equivalence 
C)  To persuade the reader to respond in a certain way C

Question 4

Which of the following is the clearest example of Nord's 'documentary translation'?

Accepted Answer

A)  An exoticizing literary translation that seeks to preserve local colour 
B)  A translation of a witness statement that preserves as many features of the ST as possible 
C)  An adaptation of an advert for a new locale 
A)  An exoticizing literary translation that seeks to preserve local colour 
B)  A translation of a witness statement that preserves as many features of the ST as possible 
C)  An adaptation of an advert for a new locale

Question 5

In translatorial action and skopos theory, how is the success of translation to be judged?

Accepted Answer

A)  By functional adequacy 
B)  By equivalence 
C)  By communicative efficiency 
A)  By functional adequacy 
B)  By equivalence 
C)  By communicative efficiency

Question 6

Which of the following is/are an example of Nord's 'instrumental translation'?

Accepted Answer

A)  An exoticizing literary translation that seeks to preserve local colour 
B)  A translation of a witness statement that preserves as many features of the ST as possible 
C)  An adaptation of an advert for a new locale 
A)  An exoticizing literary translation that seeks to preserve local colour 
B)  A translation of a witness statement that preserves as many features of the ST as possible 
C)  An adaptation of an advert for a new locale

Question 7

Who is the first player in Holz-Mänttäri's 'translatorial action model'?

Accepted Answer

A)  The source text producer 
B)  The initiator 
C)  The commissioner 
A)  The source text producer 
B)  The initiator 
C)  The commissioner

Question 8

What are the three types of translation classified in Snell-Hornby's 'integrated' model?

Accepted Answer

A)  Literary, general and special language translation 
B)  Literary, administrative and technical translation 
C)  Creative, standard and technical translation 
A)  Literary, general and special language translation 
B)  Literary, administrative and technical translation 
C)  Creative, standard and technical translation

What does the term 'skopos' mean?

What are Katharina Reiss's three main text types?

What is the goal of an operative text?

Which of the following is the clearest example of Nord's 'documentary translation'?

In translatorial action and skopos theory, how is the success of translation to be judged?

Which of the following is/are an example of Nord's 'instrumental translation'?

Who is the first player in Holz-Mänttäri's 'translatorial action model'?

What are the three types of translation classified in Snell-Hornby's 'integrated' model?

Main Issues of Translation Studies

Translation Theory Before the Twentieth Century

Equivalence and Equivalent Effect

Studying Translation Product and Process

Discourse and Register Analysis Approaches

Systems Theories

Cultural and Ideological Turns

The Role of the Translator: Visibility, Ethics and Sociology

Philosophical Approaches to Translation

New Directions From the New Media

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Exam 5: Functional Theories of Translation

What does the term 'skopos' mean?

What are Katharina Reiss's three main text types?

What is the goal of an operative text?

Which of the following is the clearest example of Nord's 'documentary translation'?

In translatorial action and skopos theory, how is the success of translation to be judged?

Which of the following is/are an example of Nord's 'instrumental translation'?

Who is the first player in Holz-Mänttäri's 'translatorial action model'?

What are the three types of translation classified in Snell-Hornby's 'integrated' model?

Main Issues of Translation Studies

Translation Theory Before the Twentieth Century

Equivalence and Equivalent Effect

Studying Translation Product and Process

Discourse and Register Analysis Approaches

Systems Theories

Cultural and Ideological Turns

The Role of the Translator: Visibility, Ethics and Sociology

Philosophical Approaches to Translation

New Directions From the New Media

Filters