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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION GENERAL ENGLISH
FOURTH SEMESTER APRIL 2017
EL 4057 INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL TRANSLATION
Date: 19-04-2017 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
SECTION A
I Answer any FIVE of the following in about 75 words each.
1. What is technical translation? Give examples.
2. Bring out the difference between interlingual and intralingual translation.
3. What are the characteristics of Total translation?
4. Explain the importance of technical terms in technical translation.
5. How can the media play a vital role in popularizing Tamil technical terms?
6. What are the three methods used in the writing of computer language in Tamil?
Explain them with examples.
7. What is equivalence? Explain its importance in translation.
II Answer any THREE of the following in about 250 words each. (3x10=30)
8. What are the responsibilities of a translator?
9. Bring out the differences between Formal Correspondence and Dynamic
Equivalence with suitable examples.
10. Discuss the problems involved in technical translation and measures to overcome
them.
11. Attempt an essay on translation of media texts with specific reference to
translation of words, headlines, news items and advertisements.
12. Discuss the role of translation in computer science.
SECTION B
III Translate the following into target language. (10x1=10)
Adjournment By-law Criminal Procedure Investigate
Judge Tulliam Pativam cei Itakkuri Valaic cevaiyakam
10) Tarppookku anuku nilaiyam
IV Translate the following news headlines into Tamil.
Pride of Tamilnadu awards presented
The songs are mine, Ilayaraaja tells SPB
Buddhism relevant in today's era: President
Pakistani boy is on the way to recovery, thanks to treatment in Chennai.
Low pressure brings rain to many parts of the State.
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V Translate the following science texts into Tamil.
The Sun is the largest member of the solar system. The sun is made up of
extremely hot gases giving out huge flames and it is the only source of energy (heat and
light) for the whole of the solar system. The earth is at an average distance of 150x106
km from the sun. The heat and the light radiation from the sun travel with a speed
3x105 km per second. This radiation takes 8 minutes to travel from the sun to the earth.
The interior of the sun is called the photosphere and the temperature of this region is of
the order of millions of degrees. The outer region of the sun is called the chromosphere
and its temperature is of the order of 6000 k.
A small piece of dried sodium metal is melted in an ignition tube by gentle heating.
Then a small quantity of the substance is added and heated intermittently till the bottom
of the ignition tube becomes red hot. It is immediately plunged into a mortar containing
about 10 ml of distilled water. The tube breaks and the contents are ground well using a
pestle. The mixture is boiled well and filtered and the following tests are done with the
filtrate called sodium fusion extract.
VI Translate the following news item into Tamil. (10 marks)
TN fishermen held by Sri Lankan Navy
Ramanathapuram: The Ramanathapuram United Mechanised Boat Association has
complained to the Assistant Director of Fisheries that Sri Lankan navy personnel had
arrested 24 fishermen of Rameswaram and towed away six mechanised boats.
In their complaint, the president of the association, V..Gnanaseelan, and secretary
Muruganandan said that a group of fishermen who set out from Rameswaram on
Wednesday returned on Thursday morning. These fishermen had informed that Sri
Lankan navy personnel had arrested 24 fishermen and taken away their six mechanised
boats.
Assistant Director of Fisheries Thangaraj had reported the matter to the Director of
Fisheries in Chennai. Arresting of fishermen from Rameswaram by the Sri Lankan navy
has now become routine but the one happening on a New Year eve had led to unrest
among fishermen here.
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VII Translate the following news item into English. (10 marks)
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