5 Questions
What is the terminological distinction made in the English language?
Translating and interpreting
When can translation begin according to the mentioned distinction?
After the appearance of writing within a language community
What risk does a translator always face?
Inadvertently introducing source-language words, grammar, or syntax into the target-language rendering
What have spill-overs sometimes imported into target languages?
Useful source-language calques and loanwords
Since when have efforts been made to automate translation?
The 1940s
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