Literary Translation and Interpretation Quiz

Test your knowledge of literary translation with questions about theorists, techniques, famous translators, and translation theories.

#1

Which translation approach focuses on conveying the meaning and intention of the original text, rather than literal translation?

Literal translation
Dynamic equivalence
Adaptation
Free translation
#2

Who is the author of the book 'The Name of the Rose', which has been translated into numerous languages?

Umberto Eco
Gabriel García Márquez
Haruki Murakami
Milan Kundera
#3

Who is the author of 'Don Quixote', one of the most translated and influential works in world literature?

Miguel de Cervantes
Gabriel García Márquez
Jorge Luis Borges
Pablo Neruda
#4

Which translation technique involves translating each word or phrase in the source text into the corresponding word or phrase in the target language, without considering idiomatic expressions or cultural differences?

Literal translation
Dynamic equivalence
Free translation
Idiomatic translation
#5

Who is often considered the father of modern translation theory?

Walter Benjamin
Lawrence Venuti
Friedrich Schleiermacher
George Steiner
#6

What is a common term used to describe the translation technique where words or phrases are substituted with culturally equivalent terms?

Transcreation
Literal translation
Cultural adaptation
Domestication
#7

Which translation method involves translating each unit of meaning in the source text into the target language without concern for the form or style of the original?

Literal translation
Idiomatic translation
Free translation
Interlinear translation
#8

Who famously translated Homer's 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' into English in the 19th century?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Percy Bysshe Shelley
John Keats
Alexander Pope
#9

Which famous Russian novel was translated into English by Constance Garnett, contributing significantly to its popularity in the English-speaking world?

Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
War and Peace
The Brothers Karamazov
#10

Which term refers to the phenomenon where certain linguistic expressions cannot be perfectly translated into another language due to cultural or linguistic differences?

Untranslatability
Equivalence
Localization
Paraphrase
#11

Who coined the term 'fidelity' in translation studies, emphasizing the importance of faithfulness to the source text?

Walter Benjamin
Eugene Nida
Roman Jakobson
Itamar Even-Zohar
#12

What is the term for translating a text from one sign system to another, such as from written language to sign language?

Intersemiotic translation
Intralingual translation
Interlingual translation
Transcreation
#13

Which translation theory emphasizes the importance of considering the socio-cultural context in translation, advocating for translations that reflect the target audience's cultural norms?

Functionalism
Skopos theory
Postcolonial translation theory
Descriptive translation studies
#14

Who is the author of the influential work 'Translation and Gender'?

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Judith Butler
Sandra Harding
Luise von Flotow

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