Translation Theory (WLS)

Question 1

These days, public telephone boxes are few and far between.

Answer 1

(rare)

• selten
• ganz vereinzelt
• dünn gesät

Question 2

To cater for the increasing demand of translated documents

Answer 2

(provide, meet needs/demands)

• versorgen
• sich um etwas kümmern
• auf jmd zugeschnitten / ausgerichtet sein
• jmd ansprechen
• auf etwas eingehen

Question 3

It is considered an unduly academic approach

Answer 3

(overly)

• übertrieben
• unangemessenerweise
• übermäßig
• extrem

Question 4

To convey the spirit of the original text

Answer 4

(transmit, communicate, suggest)

• vermitteln
• übertragen
• ausdrücken
• mitteilen
• transportieren
• enthalten

Question 5

The fidelity to the author’s spirit

Answer 5

(being faithful, accuracy, truthfulness)

• Genauigkeit
• (Wiedergabe)Treue
• Ehrlichkeit

Question 6

It impedes understanding

Answer 6

(hinder)

• (ver) hindern
• erschweren
• hemmen

Question 7

This concept is a precursor to the functionalist approach.

Answer 7

(earlier version, s.o. who precedes, forerunner)

• Vorgänger
• Vorläufer
• Wegbereiter

Question 8

To postulate a compatibility between ST intention & TT function.

Answer 8

• fordern
• voraussetzten
• verlangen

-> also: to presume, propose, hypothesise (vorschlagen)

Question 9

It fulfills a skopos, albeit one set by himself

Answer 9

(although)

• wenn auch / auch wenn
• wenngleich / obgleich

Question 10

This text can be subsumed into other functions

Answer 10

(include, put in broader category)

• zusammenfassen
• einreihen
• einordnen

Question 11

The text expounds a revolutionary idea

Answer 11

• darlegen
• ausführlich erklären
• problematisieren
• erörtern

(expound on - talk at length about sth)

Question 12

Religious writings & sermons

Answer 12

• Predigt

(also figurative: moralizing / long boring speech = Standpauke)

Question 13

The information has become distorted

Answer 13

(false, misleading, altered)

• verdreht
• verzerrt
• verfälscht

Question 14

Translation of a will or probate document

Answer 14

• (to prove a will)*
• Testamentsbestätigung

Question 15

This information has to be inferred from the ST

Answer 15

(deduce)

• ableiten
• rückschließen
• folgern

Question 16

Text is aimed at a layperson

Answer 16

(non-expert)

• Laie
• Anfänger
• Amateur

Question 17

The brief stipulates the simplification of the text

Answer 17

(specify)

• vereinbaren
• vertraglich festsetzen

(stipulate that -> demand = vorschreiben, vorsehen)

Question 18

Preponderance of nouns in a text

Answer 18

(majority)

• Vorherrschen
• Überwiegen

Question 19

Use of discursive register

Answer 19

(rambling)

• abschweifend
• weitschweifig

Question 20

Some languages are intrinsically more informal than others

Answer 20

• von Natur aus
• an sich
• wesentlich

Question 21

Make the text more intelligible to the reader

Answer 21

(comprehensible)

• verständlich
• klar
• deutlich

Question 22

To use the method in a judicious way

Answer 22

(wise)

• vernünftig
• weise
• klug

Question 23

Unravelling the main message of the original

Answer 23

(explain, solve)

• enträtseln
• auflösen
• entwirren

Question 24

Text is devoid from notes

Answer 24

(lacking, without)

• leer
• frei von
• ohne

Question 25

**Gearing** the text **to** the TL reader

Answer 25

*(make suitable for, aim at)* * **ausrichten** * **anpassen** * **zuschneiden**

Question 26

To **mull over** a certain idea.

Answer 26

*(ponder, consider)* * **hin und her überlegen** * **über etwas grübeln/nachdenken**

Question 27

Some **dissimilar** conventions

Answer 27

*(different)* * **verschieden** * **ungleich** * **anders**

Question 28

The resolution of a **conundrum**

Answer 28

*(puzzle, riddle)* * **Rätsel** * **Scherzfrage** * **Mysterium** * **Ratespiel**

Question 29

The concepts becomes more **elusive**

Answer 29

*(hard to grasp)* * **undefinierbar** * **schwer fassbar** * **trügerisch**

Question 30

English only has few **inflectional** variations for gender, number & person

Answer 30

* **flektiert (gebeugt - Verbformen, etc)**

Question 31

To follow the rule **slavishly**

Answer 31

* (without originality)* * **sklavisch**

Question 32

This problem gives **ambiguity** to the text

Answer 32

*(unclear meaning)* * **Mehrdeutigkeit,** * **Zweideutigkeit** * **Unklarheit**

Question 33

An **oblique** idiom within the sentence

Answer 33

*(not expressed directly)* * **versteckt** * **indirekt** * **unterschwellig** * **andeutungsweise**

Question 34

To **drain** the pipe

Answer 34

*(empty)* * **leeren** * **trockenlegen** * **entwässen**

Question 35

To **discern** good and evil

Answer 35

*(tell the difference between, see, perceive)* * **unterschieden** * **wahrnehmen** * **erkennen**

Question 36

She is a **playwright**

Answer 36

* **Dramatiker** * **Stückeschreiber**

Question 37

**Judicious** and intelligent use of resources

Answer 37

*(wise)* * **klug** * **vernünftig** * **weise**

Question 38

**Concurrent** use of online sources

Answer 38

*(at the same time)* * **gleichzeitig** * **simultan**

Question 39

**Concise** or **unabridged** dictionaries

Answer 39

(brief, compact) * **klar** * **treffend** * **präzise** * (full length)* * **ungekürzt**

Question 40

This book is an **obsolete** edition

Answer 40

*(no longer used)* * **überholt** * **veraltet**

Question 41

The **ubiquitous** Wikipedia

Answer 41

*(omnipresent, widespread, everywhere)* * **allgegenwärtig** * **universell** * **überall**

Question 42

Extensive **trawl** through the document

Answer 42

*(fig.: search)* * **durchsuchen** * **durchforsten** * Schleppnetz)

Question 43

It **transpires** that the program has got it wrong

Answer 43

*(become known)* * **sich herausstellen** * **durchsickern** * **rauskommen** * **an die Öffentlichkeit dringen**

Question 44

A range of **endeavours** of manufacturing companies.

Answer 44

*(attempt, effort)* * **Bemühen** * **Bestrebung** * **Versuch**

Question 45

To **transpose** the explanation

Answer 45

*(switch order of, change setting or context)* * **austauschen** * **vertauschen** * **ändern**

Question 46

To **superimpose** the own opinion

Answer 46

*(overlay)* * **überlagern** * **darüberlegen** * **übereinanderlagern** * **aufsetzen**

Question 47

**Condescension** to the readership

Answer 47

* **Herablassende Haltung** * **eingebildetes Verhalten**

Question 48

**To get bogged down**

Answer 48

* **festfahren** * **verheddern** * **steckenbleiben** * **verzetteln**

Question 49

**Infelicitous** rendering or misreading

Answer 49

*(unfortunate, unhappy)* * **ungeschickt** * **unpassend** * **unglücklich** * **unangebracht**

Question 50

Do not **amalgamate** paragraphes

Answer 50

(combine, merge, mix, blend) * **zusammenschließen** * **zusammenlegen** * **vermengen**

Question 51

**Illegible** words

Answer 51

*(unreadable)* * **unlesbar** * **unleserlich**

Question 52

**Obfuscation & "woolliness"** on content & style

Answer 52

*(clouding, obscuring)* * **Verschleierung** * **Verdunklung** * **Trübung** *(vage or confused in expression or character: woolly thinking = unklar, undeutlich, wirr)* * **Verwirrung** * **Schwammigkeit**

Question 53

**Stock phrase**

Answer 53

**Standardausdruck**

Question 54

**Phraseology**

Answer 54

*(wording)* * **Ausdrucksweise** * **Formulierung**

Question 55

**Verbosity**

Answer 55

*(excessive wordiness)* * **Wortfülle** * **Geschwafel**

Question 56

**Long-windedness**

Answer 56

* **Langatmigkeit** ## Footnote *(Short-windedness = Kurzatmigkeit)*

Question 57

We have **to parse** 50 Latin sentences for our homework

Answer 57

*(analyze grammatically)* * **analysieren** * **grammatikalisch bestimmen** * **Satzanalyse, Syntaxanalyse** * (analyze computer data)* * **auswerten**

Question 58

We should distinguish between **prejudice** against people and active discrimination. ---- /// ---- Media coverage is thought to have **prejudiced** the case against him.

Answer 58

* (bias, preconception)* * Vorurteil * (harm, damage)* * Nachteil * Schaden

Question 59

Getting a building permit is sometimes a **cumbersome** process. ---- /// ---- Rachel dragged the **cumbersome** suitcase across the room.

Answer 59

*(difficult, complicated)* * **mühsam** * **beschwerlich** * **umständlich** *(large, hard to carry)* * **klobig,** * **schwerfällig**

Question 60

An extensive _**trawl** through_ several dictionaries

Answer 60

*(fig.: search)* * **durchsuchen** * **durchforsten**

Question 61

It **dilutes** the meaning

Answer 61

*(fig.: make less effective)* * **abschwächen** * **abstumpfen** * **mindern**