Craft and StructureVery hardTwo views on a translator's fidelity
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The new translation is unfaithful: whole sentences of the original have no counterpart in the English, and others appear that the author never wrote.
Text 2
The original's sentences are built on puns and rhythms that English cannot carry word for word. Where the translator drops a sentence, she supplies its effect elsewhere; the book is faithful to what the original does, if not to what it says.
Which choice best describes the disagreement between the texts?
- A. They disagree about whether fidelity in translation means matching the original's words or reproducing its effects.Correct
- B. They disagree about whether the translation is in English.
- C. Text 2 denies that any sentences were dropped.
- D. Text 1 praises the translation's rhythm.
Answer: A. They disagree about whether fidelity in translation means matching the original's words or reproducing its effects.
Words against effects.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. They disagree about whether the translation is in English.
- Both discuss the English.
- C. Text 2 denies that any sentences were dropped.
- Text 2 admits dropped sentences.
- D. Text 1 praises the translation's rhythm.
- Text 1 calls it unfaithful.
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