Translation methods

Word for word translation is a

• Source-language oriented method

• language oriented method

• Both

It produces the target text content without the style and form

• Free translation

• Adaptation

• Literal translation

Ahmad went to the library last week

ذهب أحمد إلى المكتبة الأسبوع الماضي

The translation applied is

• Literal Translation

• Word for word translation

I caught a small fish

أنا اصطدت سمكة صغيرة

The translation applied is

• Literal translation

• Word for word translation

• Free translation

Adaptation is

• Source language oriented method

• Target language oriented method

Using Communicative translation, the translator

• Preserves the Source language text

• Wants to make the text acceptable and comprehensible to target audience

Translating “Romeo and Joliet” as قيس وليلى

• Adaptation

• Semantic translation

To translate religious and legal texts, we shall use

• Semantic translation

• Communicative translation

“The translation of meaning from one language to another” is the definition of Translation proposed by

• Hatem and Mason

• Ghazzala

• Reiss

Knowledge about culture is not important to the translator

• True

• False