10 Questions
What does Newmark define as culture?
The way of life and its manifestations peculiar to a community using a particular language
What is a necessary component of translation competence?
Cultural knowledge
Why do translators need to be bi-cultural?
To understand cultural-specific terms and expressions
In what cases may the source language word express a concept that does not exist in the target language?
Religious terms or terms related to traditional clothing
What are the manifestations of culture according to Newmark?
Knowledge, laws, beliefs, customs, traditions, and morals
Translators only need to be bilingual, not bi-cultural, in order to effectively translate cultural-specific terms and expressions.
False
According to Newmark, culture includes manifestations that are unique to a community using a specific language.
True
Translating cultural-specific items does not require any knowledge of the culture in which the source language originated.
False
In some cases, the source language may have terms that do not have equivalents in the target language, such as religious terms or traditional clothing-related terms.
True
Cultural knowledge is not considered an important requirement for translators' competence.
False
Test your knowledge of translating cultural specific items, signs, collocations, binomials, and multi-word expressions in this quiz on Translation and Culture in TRAJ 224 Introduction to Translation Studies Topic 5.
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