According to Catford, translation shifts are defined as departures from what in the process of going from the Source Language (SL) to the Target Language (TL)?

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1.
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a) Textual equivalence
b) Linguistic competence
c) Formal correspondence
d) Cognitive process
2.
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Catford identifies two main types of translation shifts. What are they?
a) Direct and Oblique
b) Shift of Level and Shift of Category
c) Servitude and Option
d) Structural and Class
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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A shift of level occurs when something expressed by grammar in the SL is expressed by what in the TL, or vice versa?
a) Phonology
b) Graphology
c) Lexis
d) Morpheme
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is given as an example of a level shift in the sources?
a) Translating "a medical student" (English, adjective + noun) as "un étudiant en médecine" (French, noun + prepositional phrase)
b) Translating "I like jazz" (English) as "me gusta el jazz" (Spanish)
c) Translating Russian aspect (grammar) by a lexical verb in English
d) Translating "advice" (English, uncountable) as "des conseils" (French, plural)
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to the sources, most of Catford's analysis is dedicated to which type of shift?
a) Shift of Level
b) Shift of Category
c) Intra-system shifts
d) Unit shifts
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which sub-type of category shift is described as involving changes in grammatical structure, often considered the most common?
a) Class shifts
b) Unit shifts
c) Intra-system shifts
d) Structural shifts
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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According to the sources, a major criticism of Catford's book is that his examples are almost all idealized and decontextualized, meaning he does not look at whole texts or even above the level of the what?
a) Word
b) Group
c) Clause
d) Sentence
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