Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2011

Based on the text, judge the items from 111 to 120.

For the author, the act of translation is connected with philosophical issues which have a straightforward and easy explanation: “men speak different languages” (L.1-2).

Based on the text, judge the items from 111 to 120.

If the phrase “grapple with” (L.18-19) were to be replaced by deal with, come to grips with, or tackle, the general idea conveyed in the text would remain the same.

Considering linguistics aspects of English, judge the following items.

The following sentence presents a problem of “meaning”: “Emotion is running high at the moment, but that emotion must not be allowed to temper sensible judgement”.

Considering the SONY TV ad above, it is correct to state that

“cutting edge” (L.1) means different.

Considering the text and the topics to which it refers, judge the items below.

Humans should always produce the initial draft translation instead of post-editing a raw machine translation.