Deck 5: Functional Theories of Translation

Question 1

What does the term 'skopos' mean?

A) Function
B) Purpose
C) Scope

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What are Katharina Reiss's three main text types?

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

Answer 2

B

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What is the goal of an operative text?

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

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

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

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 8

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

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