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A. Usage
B. Indecision
C. Word form/Part of speech
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A. Grammar B. Usage
He completely denied having committed the crime.
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indispensible → indispensable
A. mobile phones have
B. indispensible part
C. modern life
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of → for
A. Mistranslation
B. Grammar
C. Usage
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Register
ST: When the tree is fallen, everyone runs to it with his axe.
TT: Dậu đổ bìm leo.
Literalness
03
JUNE 15, 2021 - 18H
Meeting with Company A
JUNE 15, 2021 - 15H
Meeting with Company A
JUNE 25, 2021 - 12H JUNE 15, 2021 - 15H
Meeting with Company A Meeting with Company A
JULY 11, 2021 - 11H MARCH 22, 2021 - 15H
Meeting with Company A
WHICH ONE?
Meeting with Company A
AUGUST 8, 2021 - 16H
Meeting with Company A
RIL 15, 2021 - 15H
ing with Company A
Game 2 to put your knowledge into
practice
WHICH ONE?
How to play:
• There are 4 questions about 4 types of translation errors, each team gets 1 question and
answer separately without any participation from the others.
• Each question has a specific score.
• The teams will have to guess the answer through HINTS.
• Each question has 4 HINTS, one of which is the default that will be given right away, the
other 3 have to be bought with the scores you have. (Prices and usefulness of the hints are
not parallel)
• If you get the right answer, you will take back all the scores used to buy the hints and gain
the score of the question.
• If you answer wrong, you will lose all the scores spent and gain nothing.
THE TEAM WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE WILL BE THE FINAL WINNER!
WHICH ONE?
8.000
8.000 9.000
9.000 10.000
10.000 9.500
9.500
WHICH ONE?
HINT 3 HINT 4
800 misinterpreting
1.200
8.000
WHICH ERROR IS IT?
MISUNDERSTANDING
The Great Fire of London:
✔Cuộc Đại Hỏa hoạn ở Luân Đôn
🗶cuộc khởi nghĩa Ngọn lửa vĩ đại ở London
8.000 [HINT 2]
“... nhà thờ (sic) đã tồn tại qua tám thế kỷ hỗn loạn về chính
trị, cuộc khởi nghĩa Ngọn lửa vĩ đại ở London...”
8.000 [HINT 3]
TT: “...nhà thờ (sic) đã tồn tại qua tám thế kỷ hỗn loạn về
chính trị, cuộc khởi nghĩa Ngọn lửa vĩ đại ở London...”
WHICH ONE?
HINT 3 HINT 4
1.700 2.000
9.000
WHICH ERROR IS IT?
USAGE
✔A pack of wolves
🗶A herd of wolves
9.000 [HINT 3]
ST: Một bầy sói đang săn đuổi 1 con bò rừng Bizon.
HINT 3 changes
HINT 4the
2.200 1.900
meaning
9.500
WHICH ERROR IS IT?
FAITHFULNESS
• “Outlast” only means last longer than sb/sth.
• Different version:
"Chúng tôi sẽ nhìn các ông bị chôn vùi"
9.500 [HINT 2]
syntax3
HINT HINT 4
2.000
interpretation 2.600
10.000
WHICH ERROR IS IT?
MISUNDERSTANDING
Khôn ngăn:
✔Không thể ngăn lại được
🗶Trí khôn ngăn cản
10.000 [HINT 2]
• khôn: wise
khôn ngăn: ???
• ngăn: stop/prevent
10.000 [HINT 4]
Do you agree or disagree with this viewpoint? Give specific examples to support
your argument.
DISCUSSION
Question 1:
Examples:
ST: Ngày 22/9/1967, nhân dân Cộng hòa Mail mít-ting ủng hộ cuộc kháng
chiến chống Mỹ cứu nước của nhân dân Việt Nam.
TT: People of Republic of Mail rallied for their support to the Vietnamese
people’s anti-US resistance, for national salvation, Sep 22th, 1967.
DISCUSSION
Question 1:
Examples:
Suggested translation:
=> Different errors were found such as grammar (no article “the” before the
definite noun phrase, no preposition “on” before the date), punctuation
The people of the Republic of Mail rallied for their support to the
(”people’s anti-US resistance, for…”). Nevertheless, the sentence still conveys a
Vietnamese people’s anti-US resistance for national salvation on Sep 22th,
correct message.
1967.
DISCUSSION
Question 1:
Examples:
ST: Heroic woman saves child’s life by jumping into the path of car as
it slams into a restaurant.
TT: Người phụ nữ nghiện ma túy đã xả thân che chắn cho một cậu bé
bị ô tô đâm ép vào tường.
DISCUSSION
Question 1:
Examples:
=> Although only one error, misunderstanding, is found, it renders the wrong
information (heroic and heroin).
Suggested translation:
Người phụ nữ dũng cảm đã xả thân che chắn cho một cậu bé bị ô tô đâm ép
vào tường.
DISCUSSION
Question 1:
Identify the translation errors in the following examples and give suggested
translations:
Identify the translation errors in the following examples and give suggested
translations:
thiếuAmbiguity
chất xám ><
-> Misunderstanding
thiếu nhân lực
DISCUSSION
Question 2:
Identify the translation errors in the following examples and give suggested
translations:
ST3: Điện thoại di động đã trở thành một phần không thể thiếu trong
cuộc sống hiện đại của chúng ta.
TT3: Mobile phone has become an indispensible part of our modern
life.
mobile phone has-> mobile phones have (Grammar)
indispensible -> indispensable (Word form)
DISCUSSION
Question 2:
Identify the translation errors in the following examples and give suggested
translations:
ST4: Để lái xe an toàn, tài xế cần nắm được những điểm khác biệt quan
trọng giữa xe số sàn và xe số tự động.
TT4: for safe driving, the driver should be fully aware of the critical
differences between floor-number car and automatic-number car.
DISCUSSION
Question 2:
Identify the translation errors in the following examples and give suggested
translations:
Literalness
• Manual Transmission: xe số sàn
• Auto Transmission: xe số tự động
DISCUSSION
Question 2:
Identify the translation errors in the following examples and give suggested
translations:
Identify the translation errors in the following examples and give suggested
translations:
Register
• Luật “Cái chết nhân đạo” -> Luật An tử
DISCUSSION
Question 2:
Identify the translation errors in the following examples and give suggested
translations:
ST7: I booked a room in Hanoi Hibiscus Hotel, it instantly became
my “home away from home” place to stay.
TT7: Tôi đã đặt một phòng tại khách sạn Hanoi Hibiscus, và nơi đây
nhanh chóng trở thành “mái nhà xa xứ”/”ngôi nhà thứ hai” của tôi.
Identify the translation errors in the following examples and give suggested
translations: