Translation Techniques

Question 1

Borrowing

Answer 1

-mayonnaise
-un steak
-C’est la vie
-Okay

Question 2

Claque

Answer 2

• AIDS —>SIDA
  -Used cars —> chars usagés

Question 3

Literal translation

Answer 3

-Un jeune homme: a young man
-Où sommes-nous: where are we

Question 4

Transposition

Answer 4

-Failler: (to) almost (do)
Comment vous appelez-vous?: what is you name?

Question 5

Modulation

Answer 5

-une assurance-maladie: health insurance
-on m’a embauché: one have been hired

Question 6

Equivalence

Answer 6

• Une pomme de discorde: a bone of contention
• L’habit ne fait pas le moine: you can’t tell a book by its cover

Question 7

Adaption

Answer 7

-1 kilogramme: 2.2 lbs
-nous nous tutuoyins: we are in a first name basis