English 13a- Translation Theory and Practice

SECOND preliminary examination

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1st Prelim/ 1st Sem-1st Term

2020-2021
ENGLISH 13a
(Translation Theory and Practice)

Name: _____________________________________ Course & Yr: ____________ Score: _____________

Instructor: __________________________________ Date: __________________

Test I. Identification (10 points)

Directions: Identify the following statements below. Write your answers in the blank provided before the number.

__________________1. is more complex, more awkward, more detailed, more concerned with the thought-process.
__________________2. the translation of technical writing (owner's manuals, user guides, etc.), or more specifically, texts
that contain a high degree of technical or specialized terminology.
__________________3. it serves as a foundation in translating unfamiliar language format.
__________________4. a delicate process that only professional translators commissioned by the court should handle
the process.
__________________5. interpreter sits or stands next to the small target-language group and simultaneously interprets
information coming from the source language.
__________________6. The one who proposed the two types of translation namely; Communicative and Semantic
Translation.
__________________7. interpreter renders the message in the target language as quickly as he can formulating from the
source language while the source continuously provides input.
__________________8. pertains to the output of interpreting one language to another form (speech, signals, text, etc.).
__________________9. refers to the actual process of providing ease of understanding from one language form into its
actual or approximate equivalent.
__________________10. refers to linguistic, emotional, tonal and cultural parallel meaning of a language format with the
target language.

Test II. Table Completion (20 points)

Directions: Write the advantages and disadvantages of the Four Types of Translation.

Types of Translation ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

• LANGUAGE
INTERPRETATION

• TECHNICAL
TRANSLATION
 • LITERAL
TRANSLATION

• LEGAL
TRANSLATION

Test III. Essay (10 points)

Directions: Answer the question below in Cebuano as its source language and translate it into English as its target
language.

➢ Based on the situation or this season of pandemic we are experiencing in the present, what are your realizations
of this? What are the lessons you’ve learned?

Answer in Cebuano: English Translation:

Prepared by

MS. LADY LOU I. LEPASANA