Deck 10: Philosophical Approaches to Translation

Question 1

Which is the first component of Steiner's hermeneutic motion of translation?

A) Initiative aggression
B) Initiative trust
C) Embodiment

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is the last component of Steiner's hermeneutic motion of translation?

A) Incorporation
B) Embodiment
C) Compensation

Answer 2

C

Question 3

For Steiner, in what way does 'resistant difference' occur in the ST?

A) The translator experiences the foreign language differently from his/her first language
B) The differences between each pair of languages impose themselves on the translator
C) Both a and b

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What were the main characteristics of Ezra Pound's translations?

A) Experimentalism and creativity
B) The use of quaint archaic expressions
C) The use of very modern expressions

Question 5

For Walter Benjamin, what is created by the co-existence of ST and TT?

A) Clear language
B) Pure language
C) Literal translation

Question 6

What was Walter Benjamin's 'ideal translation'?

A) A TT that conforms to TL conventions
B) A dynamically equivalent Bible translation
C) An interlinear Bible translation

Question 7

What is the term Derrida used to show the undermining of stable meaning?

A) Différance
B) Difference
C) Deferral

Question 8

What is the difference between Steiner's 'elective affinity' and Lewis's 'abusive affinity'?

A) 'Elective affinity' occurs when the translator recognizes him/herself in the ST; 'abusive affinity' is the translator's deliberate manipulation of the standard linguistic forms of the TL
B) 'Elective affinity' occurs when the translator is attracted to the ST; 'abusive affinity' is a risk-taking and creative expansion of the rhetorical and linguistic forms of the TL
C) 'Elective affinity' occurs when the translator chooses the text to translate; 'abusive affinity' is a harmful expansion of the rhetorical and linguistic forms of the TL