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16)

Q556578 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

The phrases that appear in bold in the sentences above (huge flood, common knowledge, a constant fear) can be replaced, respectively, with the LEAST change in meaning by:

a) deep flood, common sense, a real possibility
b) devastating flood, ordinary sense, likely to occur
c) heavy flood, a humdrum fact, a great threat
d) great flood, widely known, a source of fear
e) stormy flood, peaceful point, bound to happen

17)

Q556580 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

The pairs of sentences in the alternatives below have semantic proximity and are grammatically accurate, EXCEPT in:

a) Can you watch the children while I’m at the shops? Can you keep an eye on the children while I’m at the shops?
b) Don’t procrastinate something you can do now. Don’t put on something you can do now.
c) I’ve got no objection to your sleeping on the sofa. I don’t mind if you sleep on the sofa.
d) The current situation is fraught with danger. The current situation is full of danger.
e) Tiredness is starting to take its toll on his appearance. Tiredness is starting to have a detrimental effect on his appearance.

18)

Q556558 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

In the sentence “(…) the ways in which nation states have been faring in the face of rapid and constant reforms of higher education, leveraged by globalization” (paragraph 3), the words in bold are closest in meaning to, respectively:

a) Getting on / forced
b) Performing / benefitted
c) Going about / enhanced
d) Thriving / constrained
e) Succeeding / influenced

19)

Q556560 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

The alternative that provides the LEAST accurate translation of the excerpt below is: “Knight (2007) argues that the opportunities and risks of internationalization of higher education depend on the ability of countries to develop policies and regulations to integrate global policies within the national system of higher education, which may be able to comply or not with the global, social, cultural and economic requirements.”

a) De acordo com Knight (2007), as oportunidades e os riscos na internacionalização da educação superior estão condicionados à habilidade dos países para desenvolver políticas e normas que integrem as medidas globais com as do sistema nacional de ensino superior, que poderá conseguir ou não atender às exigências globais, sociais, econômicas e culturais.
b) Knight (2007) argumenta que oportunidades e riscos de internacionalização de educação superior depende da habilidade dos países para desenvolver políticas e regulações no sentido de integrar políticas globais no sistema nacional de educação superior que poderá ser capaz de se ajustar ou não às exigências globais, sociais, econômicas e culturais.
c) Knight (2007) afirma que as oportunidades e os riscos na internacionalização do ensino superior dependem da capacidade dos países para estabelecer políticas e regras destinadas a integrar as medidas globais com as do sistema nacional de ensino superior, o qual conseguirá ou não se conformar às exigências globais, sociais, econômicas e culturais.
d) Knight (2007) alega que as oportunidades e os riscos na internacionalização da educação superior estão condicionados à capacidade dos países para estabelecer políticas e regulamentações que articulem as políticas globais e o sistema nacional de educação superior, que poderá possuir ou não os requisitos globais, sociais, econômicos e culturais
e) Segundo Knight (2007), as oportunidades e os riscos que a internacionalização do ensino superior apresentam dependem da habilidade dos países para desenvolver políticas e normas que integrem as políticas globais no sistema nacional de educação superior, o qual conseguirá atender ou não os requisitos globais, sociais, econômicos e culturais.

20)

Q556565 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

It is INCORRECT to state that:

a) Lobato resorts to foreignization in order to privilege the source context, thus leading the reader to the source language and culture.
b) Lobato chooses a direct and fluent style, which often implies the suppression of structural and lexical elements from the source text.
c) Lobato resorts to “omissão”, in his rendition of Excerpt 2, according to Heloisa Barbosa’s taxonomy.
d) Lobato’s choice of a direct and fluent style does not, of necessity, mean that literal and word-by-word translation strategies were employed.
e) For Lawrence Venuti, “a foreign text is the site of many different semantic possibilities that are fixed only provisionally in any one translation”, which implies that loss and gain are issues translators have to deal with.

21)

Q556572 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

The sentences in the alternatives below contain grammatical and/or lexical mistakes, EXCEPT in:

a) Whether interpreters will be hired depends on the responsible professor for the conference organization.
b) Translating poetry is a task that most translators would rather not to face in training programs.
c) For a good many translators, interpreting is a challenge they cannot rise up to.
d) The student translators are all looking forward to see their work published.
e) I’ve suggested her not to hand in the translations without proofreading.

22)

Q556577 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

The LEAST accurate translation of the sentence below is: The human cost was not the only consequence of the flood. In addition, the shape and development of the country were altered forever in a number of ways.

a) A perda de vidas não foi a única consequência da inundação. Além disso, a forma e o desenvolvimento do país foram alterados definitivamente e de diversas maneiras.
b) As consequências da inundação não se restringiram à perda de vidas, mas incluíram o formato e o desenvolvimento do país, que foram alterados para sempre e de diversas formas.
c) O custo humano não foi a única consequência do alagamento. Além disso, a forma e o desenvolvimento do país foram alterados para sempre inúmeras vezes.
d) Não foi só a morte das pessoas que a enchente causou, mas também a alteração na forma e no desenvolvimento do país, que mudaram para sempre e de diversas maneiras.
e) Além do custo humano, a inundação também teve como consequência a alteração definitiva e de diversas formas nos contornos e no desenvolvimento do país.

23)

Q556557 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

Read the sentences that have been taken from the text. I. These changes present new opportunities – increasing access to higher education, strategic alliances between countries and regions, production and exchange of knowledge, income generation, and improvement of academic quality.
II. Are the policies and the true interests of the countries involved the real determiners of the actions and programs offered to their citizens and are they making clear the real objectives: inclusion or exclusion, freedom or oppression, colonization or decolonization of minds?
III. This model shows how the idea of superiority among people remains strong and helps to perpetuate oppression and inequality around the world.
IV. This can be interpreted as the requirement to respond to the need to train highly qualified personnel for the labour market.
The alternative that presents the correct order in which the sentences above fit the gaps in the text is:

a) IV, I, II, III
b) III, I, IV, II
c) III, I, II, IV
d) IV,II, III, I
e) II, III, I, IV

24)

Q556564 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

The statement below that DOES NOT reflect the view of literary translation, as discussed in contemporary Translation Studies, is:

a) Compared to Monteiro’s, Longlan’s version provides a smoother flow, relying more on rhyme, alliteration and assonance.
b) As translation strategies, lexical and structural calque prevails in Monteiro’s version, whereas transposition and modulation are more often resorted to by Longlan.
c) The literary needs to be conceived not only in terms of what each poem contains, but of how they mobilize the reader, who also takes part in the process of meaning making.
d) Monteiro and Longlan delved into Pessoa’s poem and trans-created it, the task literary translators usually embrace given the inherently insufficient nature of language and of translation to represent human experience.
e) The two translations illustrate some guiding principles that can replace the quest for fidelity: translators may only be faithful to their own interpretations, to how they conceive translation and to the aims they set out to achieve when rendering a text.

25)

Q556569 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

Five words/phrases have been omitted from the text above. The alternative containing the words/phrases that respectively best complete the gaps is:

a) palimpsest, really, dear, displays, element
b) replacement, entirely, specific, conveys, other
c) substitution, totally, prior, is subject to, one
d) transfer, absolutely, inherent, suffers, self
e) exchange, thoroughly, bound, inscribes, difference

26)

Q556571 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

According to the text, it is INCORRECT to state that:

a) Target texts lose something when compared to source texts.
b) Target texts gain something when compared to source texts.
c) Translation highlights the difference between two semiotic systems.
d) Translations can communicate regardless of their target publics.
e) Translation may be used with the deliberate aim to serve a specific local culture.

27)

Q556576 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

The alternative below that provides the correct order of the sentences above is:

a) 2, 4, 6, 5, 3, 1, 8, 9, 7
b) 6, 7, 9, 4, 5, 2, 3, 9, 1
c) 7, 8, 1, 3, 9, 5, 2, 6, 4
d) 4, 7, 2, 3, 9, 3, 8, 5, 6
e) 4, 6, 2, 5, 9, 3, 1, 8, 7

28)

Q556583 - UFES - 2015 - UFES - Tradutor Intérprete

The alternative with the correct prepositions respectively resulting from the nominalization in the groups of sentences below is:
They released the video in 1998. The release ___ the video took place in 1998
The law was amended last week. The amendment ___ the law occurred last week.
The war drained the country’s resources. The war was a drain ___ the country’s resources.

a) to, in, in
b) for, at, at
c) of, to, on
d) of, in, to
e) for, to, in

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