Test 3

Translation of Internationalisms

Task 1. Read the following word-combinations and choose the correct

Ukrainian – English counterparts
внутрішня політика – inner police, domestic policy;
секретний замок – secret lock, combination lock;
центральна газета – central paper, national paper;
перший рейс – first voyage, maiden voyage;

Task 2. Translate the following words into English

Акуратний -neat________________________________
Адвокат -lawyer__________________________________
Академік - Academician_________________________________
Дата -date___________________________________
Декада ten day period___________________________________
Рецепт -recipe__________________________________
Фізик - physicist_________________________________

Task 3. Translate the following words into Ukrainian. Point out which of them
are loan internationalisms and which – pseudo-internationalisms
Academic –викладач (pseudo-internationalisms)
Ambitious –чистолюбний (pseudo-internationalisms)
Extremely –надзвичайно (pseudo-internationalisms)
Revolution –революція (loan internationalisms)
Technique – техніка (loan internationalisms)

Task 4. Define the way of translating internationalisms:

electron – електрон _ Literal translating of Genuine Internationalisms
automatic – автоматичний __ Literal translating of Genuine Internationalisms
energize - збуджувати енергію – Descriptive Translating of International
lexemes
diagram – схема -Translating by Way of Synonymous Substitution.