The Politics of Non-Translation Quiz

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História e Teoria da Tradução 2020-21

Which one of these options does NOT belong to the Typology of Non-Translation Categories? *

Omission

Repetition

Language closeness

Bilingualism

Cultural distance

Institutionalised censorship

Transposition

Ideological embargo

Which British playwright was a notable victim of the Portuguese anti-British ideological embargo? *

William Shakespeare

J. M. Barrie

Anthony Schaffer

What was the main cause of this ideological embargo? *

An understandable distaste towards British cuisine

The Portuguese Republican movement

The famous "British Ultimatum"

What ~10 year period had a noticeable lack of Portuguese translations of the works of the aforementioned playwright? *

1890-1900

1980-1990

1910-1920

Which of the following options best fits the definition for the category of "Repetition"?

A lexical or syntactic item in the source text is carried over unchanged into the target text.

A lexical or syntactic item is used at least twice in the target text.

A certain item in the source text fails to be replaced by a corresponding item in the target text, regardless of whether or not it is to be compensated for elsewhere.

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