L2: Translation Is A Treason

Question 1

Treason means:

Answer 1

Betrayal
Opposition to government or law

Question 2

Who is the Father of Translation?

Answer 2

St. Jerome

Question 3

Who is the patron saint of librarians?

Answer 3

St. Jerome

Question 4

Where did St. Jerome assigned to be a priest?

Answer 4

Constatinople

Question 5

Who commissioned St. Jerome to revise the Old Latin translation of the Bible?

Answer 5

Pope Damascus I

Question 6

The finished translation of St. Jerome is referred to as?

Answer 6

Vulgate

Question 7

Vulgate became the universal translation of the Bible. True or False

Answer 7

True

Question 8

List of reasons why Translation is sometimes referred to as a treason:

Answer 8

1. Betrayal of the word
2. Betrayal of the language
3. Betrayal to the author
4. Betrayal to the readers
5. Betrayal of the self

Question 9

It is the distortion of the word that may devalue the very essence of the language.

Answer 9

Betrayal of the word

Question 10

Since languages are products of various cultures. Hence, the betrayal of a language will automatically betray the culture

Answer 10

Betrayal of the language

Question 11

Translators may not feel the emotions and thoughts as he chooses the words in a text.

Answer 11

Betrayal towards the author

Question 12

Failure to transmit the real message of the author will automatically betray the readers.

Answer 12

Betrayal towards the readers

Question 13

Translators may have to sacrifice their beliefs in favor of some pedestrian norm in fear of betraying the task he is supposed to do.

Answer 13

Betrayal of the self

Question 14

This indicates that no translation can perfectly capture the meaning of its original text in another language.
Translators simply cannot avoid interpreting the text they express in a new language. True or False

Answer 14

Trie

Question 15

Translation helps recover and preserve information that may be lost or inaccessible due to language
barriers.

Answer 15

Retrieval of lost information

Question 16

Translation aids in the pursuit of universal truths by making philosophical, scientific, and scholarly
works accessible to a global audience.

Answer 16

Understanding of the Universal Truth

Question 17

Translation enables the dissemination of religious, philosophical, and ideological beliefs.

Answer 17

Sharing of beliefs

Question 18

Translation allows individuals to explore and appreciate the richness of different cultures by making
literature, art, and cultural expressions accessible across language barriers.

Answer 18

Understanding and appreciation of culture

Question 19

Translation serves as a bridge between people from different cultures, fostering communication,
understanding, and collaboration.

Answer 19

Bridging cultural barrier

Question 20

Translation contributes to the progress of human knowledge by making scientific, technological, and
scholarly advancements available globally.

Answer 20

Advancement in human achievement

Question 21

Translation plays a role in addressing societal issues by making information on social matters and
policies accessible to a wider audience.

Answer 21

Addressing social needs

Question 22

Translation empowers individuals by providing access to information, education, and opportunities,
contributing to social inclusion and equality.

Answer 22

Social Empowerment

Question 23

Translation fosters diplomacy by facilitating communication between nations, promoting
understanding, and preventing misunderstandings.

Answer 23

Binding nations

Question 24

Translation contributes to the development of new cultural expressions and perspectives that
emerge from the interaction of diverse linguistic and cultural influences.

Answer 24

Neo-culture development

Question 25

These purposes highlight the diverse and essential role that translation plays in connecting people, preserving knowledge, and promoting understanding in a globalized society.

Question 26

A translation is a text written in a well-known language which refers to and represent a text in a language which is not as well known.

Answer 26

Pierre Daniel Huet

Question 27

Huet was a French scholar, scientist, bishop, editor of the Delphin Classics (a series of annotated editions of the Latin classics), and founder of the Académie de Physique in Caen (1662-1672).

Question 28

translators decode

Answer 28

Source language (SL)

Question 29

encode their understanding of the

Answer 29

Translated language (TL)

Question 30

The English term translation, first attested in around

Answer 30

1340

Question 31

Translation derives from the Latin word ___?

Answer 31

Translatio

Question 32

Translatio meaning:

Answer 32

Transporting

Question 33

It comes from the participle of the verb___?

Answer 33

Transferre

Question 34

Transferre meaning:

Answer 34

To carry over

Question 35

In the field of languages, translation today has several meanings:

Answer 35

1. the general subject field or phenomenon 2. the product 3. the process of producing the translation, otherwise known as translating

Question 36

(“I studied translation in a university”)

Answer 36

the general subject field or phenomenon

Question 37

that is, the text that has been translated (“They published the Arabic translation of Canterbury Tales”)

Answer 37

The product

Question 38

(“translation service")

Answer 38

The process of producing translation, otherwise known as translating

Question 39

Who said that the process of translation between two different written languages involves the changing of an original written text (source text or ST) in the original verbal language (source language or SL) into a written text (target text or TT) in a different verbal language (target language or TL):

Answer 39

Munday (2016)

Question 40

The goal is to convey the content of a text from one language to another language. Translators need to ensure that the translated text is faithful to the original while being natural and coherent in the target language.

Question 41

Who described one of the three categories of translation?

Answer 41

Roman Jakobson (1896–1982)

Question 42

The traditional ST-TT configuration is the most prototypical of ‘interlingual translation’,

Question 43

What is the title of the seminal paper produced by Roman Jakobson?

Answer 43

‘On linguistic aspects of translation’

Question 44

What are the three categories of Jakobson?

Answer 44

1. intralingual translation, or rewording 2. interlingual translation, or translation proper 3. intersemiotic translation, or transmutation

Question 45

an interpretation of verbal signs by means of other signs of the same language

Answer 45

Intralingual translation or rewording

Question 46

an interpretation of verbal signs by means of some other language

Answer 46

Interlingual translation or translation proper

Question 47

an interpretation of verbal signs by means of signs of non-verbal sign systems

Answer 47

Intersemiotic translation or transmutation

Question 48

focuses on finding different expressions within the same language,

Answer 48

Intralingual translation

Question 49

involves moving between languages,

Answer 49

interlingual translation

Question 50

expands the scope to non-verbal sign systems.

Answer 50

Intersemiotic translation or transmutation

Question 51

the main aspect in translation

Answer 51

Meaning

Question 52

Who said that the understanding the meaning of source text is vital to have the appropriate equivalent in the target text thus, it is meaning that is translated in relation to grammar, style and sounds.

Answer 52

Ghazala (1995)

Question 53

Translators thus need to have good knowledge of both the source and the target language, in addition to a high linguistic sensitivity as they should transmit the writer's intention, original thoughts and opinions in the translated version as precisely and faithfully as possible.

Question 54

To understand the process of language translation, one must have a good grasp of___?

Answer 54

Equivalence