L1: History And Development Of Translation

Question 1

In 2019, HSBC Bank had to launch a 10 million dollar rebranding campaign to repair the tagline “Do Nothing” into “ Assume Nothing.”

Answer 1

True

Question 2

US President Jimmy Carter went to Poland in 1977. At the prompting of his translator Steven Seymour, he said, “When I abandoned the United States,” instead of “When I left the United States

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In 1980, Willie Ramirez was brought to South Florida hospital in a coma. His Spanish speaking family explained to the medical staff that he was “intoxicado” meaning he ingested poison.

However, the medical staff interpreted it as “intoxicated” meaning overdose. Thus, he was treated in a wrong treatment making him quadriplegic. The family sued the hospital and received a settlement of 71 million dollars.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In China, KFC tagline
Finger licking good

Turn into
Eat your fingers off

Answer 4

True

Question 5

President Kennedy said he is a jelly donut

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Pepsi Taiwan
Come alive with the Pepsi Generation

Turn into
Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead.

Question 7

No comment, treat with contempt, or ignore

Answer 7

Mokusatsu

Question 8

Who decides to drop the world’s first atomic bomb?

Answer 8

United States

Question 9

The version that the United States received:

Answer 9

We categorically reject your ultimatum

Question 10

How many people died in the Hiroshima incident?

Answer 10

70, 000 people

Question 11

The translation dates way back?

Answer 11

Before the Bible (it was published)

Question 12

Translation was carried out as early as _____era?

Answer 12

Mesopotomian

Question 13

Sumerian poem?

Answer 13

Gilgamesh

Question 14

Gilgamesh was written way before the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer. True or false.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The story Gilgamesh was written in the stone tablets

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Gilgamesh was translated into what languages?

Answer 16

Asian

Question 17

The translation of the epic Gilgamesh dates back to around__?

Answer 17

Second millennium BC

Question 18

Buddhist monks translated___ documents into ____language?

Answer 18

Indian, Chinese

Question 19

Ancient Greek texts were translated by Roman poets to make literary texts for the purpose of entertainment. True or false.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

In Rome, these two proponents used translation services which continued through the 17th century, where newer practices were developed.

Answer 20

Cicero, Horace

Question 21

Translation develops that allows cross-cultural interactions, trade, survival purposes, globalization of the economy, and sharing of knowledge over time.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Through translation, the world becomes more of a melting pot. What is a melting pot?

Answer 22

Mixing or blending different cultures

Question 23

What is the province in the Philippines that is known as the melting pot of Central Luzon?

Answer 23

Tarlac

Question 24

Tarlac becomes a melting pot because?

Answer 24

It is a home to four of the distinct ethnolinguistic groups: Tagalogs, Pampangos, Ilocanos, Pangasinenses

Question 25

Pampango

Answer 25

Native or inhabitant in the Pampanga

Question 26

Kapampangan

Answer 26

Language you used even though you are not in Pampanga

Question 27

Why Nihonggo wasn't utilized back then when Filipinos were colonized by the Japanese?

Answer 27

Because that time, we use only the English and the vernacular language

Question 28

Spanish and English were utilized according to Morrato and Bacolod, 2003.

Answer 28

Trie

Question 29

What is the main reason why translation emerged in the Philippines?

Answer 29

Religious undertaking

Question 30

What is the utilitarian role that the Spanish missionaries fulfilled in the Philippines?

Answer 30

To conquer mind and body

Question 31

Who are the people who used the translation as their tool to spread Christianity?

Answer 31

Spanish missionaries

Question 32

What is the first printed book in the Philippines?

Answer 32

Doctrina Christiana (1593)

Question 33

This book includes prayers and Christian doctrines with which the Spanish friars spread the new religion

Answer 33

Doctrina Christiana

Question 34

What year did the first dictionary emerge in the Philippines?

Answer 34

1627

Question 35

What is the title of the first dictionary?

Answer 35

Vocabulario de la lengua tagala

Question 36

Who is the author of the first dictionary

Answer 36

Fray Pedro de San Buenaventura

Question 37

It is an important tool for the Spanish missionaries to learn Tagalog

Answer 37

Vocabulario de la lengua tagala

Question 38

It is an important tool for the Spanish missionaries to learn Tagalog

Answer 38

Vocabulario de la lengua tagala

Question 39

It should be noted that the source language was not always Spanish, and the target language was not always Tagalog either.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

Where is the seat of colonial government

Answer 40

Manila

Question 41

What language has the most publications

Answer 41

Tagalog

Question 42

Ilokano, Kapampangan, Cebuano, and others were also translated

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Toward ___th century, translation took a new direction

Answer 43

18

Question 44

The European narrative poetry and metrical romance which became known in the Philippines___?

Answer 44

Awit and Korido

Question 45

Florante at Laura

Answer 45

Awit

Question 46

Ibong Adarna

Answer 46

Korido

Question 47

What are the theatrical representations that became popular?

Answer 47

Komedya and Moro-moro

Question 48

What German play did Dr. Jose Rizal translated into Tagalog

Answer 48

Wilhelm Tell

Question 49

Who is the playwright of the Wilhelm Tell?

Answer 49

Friedrich Schiller

Question 50

Toward 19th century, translation had a new use: what are those?

Answer 50

To inspire the spirit of nationalism and to liberate

Question 51

It is the declaration of the Right of Man and of the Citizen which summarizes the spirit of French revolution

Answer 51

Ang mga Karampatan ng Tawo (1891-1892)

Question 52

Jose Rizal's work "Amor Patrio" was translated into Tagalog as

Answer 52

Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa

Question 53

Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa

Answer 53

Amor Patrio

Question 54

Jose Rizal's "Mi Ultimo Adios" was translated by Andres Bonifacio as?

Answer 54

Huling Pahimakas

Question 55

Who translated the work of Jose Rizal's Mi Ultimo Adios

Answer 55

Andres Bonifacio

Question 56

This language is considered as the medium of instruction

Answer 56

English

Question 57

The direction of translation is now from?

Answer 57

English to Filipino and other Philippine languages

Question 58

It is referred as the intervening language

Answer 58

English

Question 59

What is the largest country in the world?

Answer 59

Russia

Question 60

French, German, Japanese and other languages use English as the intervening language. True or False

Answer 60

True

Question 61

What organization pioneered in Translation

Answer 61

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino

Question 62

National Commission on Culture and the Arts was also mandated to undertake Translation by one of its committees

Answer 62

Committee on Language and Translation

Question 63

What are the two existing professional organizations and translations

Answer 63

Pambansang Samahan sa Pagsasalingwika and Pambansang Unyon ng mga Tagasalin

Question 64

Who is the head of Linguistic Division of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino and Secretary of the NCCA's Committee on Language and Tanslation

Answer 64

Dr. Aurora Batnag