Question 1

What does the term 'skopos' mean?

Accepted Answer

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

Exam 5: Functional Theories of Translation