Translation- unit 8

Unit 8
Test 1

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1) Read the passage below.

a) Translate the passage.

b) Revise and edit your translation until you are satisfied with both
the accuracy and the appropriacy of the final version.

c) Pay special attention to the voids grammatical and other.

d) Be sure to convey the exact meaning of the verbs so that time relations
are clear in the TL. Try to compensate for the finer English time grid.

Tying the Knot
I For months astrologers have been poring over their charts, searching for the
most auspicious wedding day. So delicate were the deliberations that a week
before the wedding the exact date had not been set. Finally, on May 10, Princess
Sruti Laxmi Devi Shah married in Katmandu. Though it was a royal wedding, it
shared one thing with the tens of thousands of other marriages across South
Asia that day. Like 80 percent of weddings there, the match had been arranged
by the couple's parents.

II In India, Pakistan and Nepal, young people go to discos, chomp burgers and
chatter on cell phones, making them as much a part of the MTV generation
as their Western counterparts. Until marriage, that is. Some spouses-to-be
have never met. Less than half will even have held hands before their
wedding day.

III Matchmaking has followed the same rationale for centuries: parents know best.
Nepal's chief royal astrologer, Dr. Mangal Raj Joshi, explains the process
like this:
"The father of the bride considers the bridegroom's education and earning
potential, the mother is responsible for assessing the groom's manners
and charming personality - and the relatives just want to enjoy dinner."
Many people lack birth certificates, but nearly all have elaborate birth
charts made by astrologers. If the charts are not right, the match will not
go through. Clashing signs must be avoided.

IV The system seems to work. Having married a chemical engineer in an arranged
marriage in Karachi, a Muslim wife, herself a college graduate, says:
"I am expecting nothing. If I had got married in a love marriage,
I would have entered it with the highest expectations. Then, if
these expectations were not fulfilled, the relationship would shatter."

2) Write 3 item analyses from the following categories (Choose 3 out of 5).
a) tense aspect
b) a conditional sentence
c) a present participle
d) a non-grammatical void
e) a problem of gridding

Item 1:

Item 2:

Item 3:

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