Questão Q1367035 - Língua Inglesa

Question

O trecho a seguir apresenta alguns desafios enfrentados pelo tradutor no processo tradutório das frases em itálico devido à imprecisão lexical.

1. Which copula? ser, estar — Apaixonado, recusou o convite (Because he was in love, or Because he is a passionate person, he refused the invitation?)

2. Passive or inergative se?: O barco afundou-se ('We drowned the boat', colloquial, or 'The boat sank'?)

3. Reciprocal or reflexive se?: Eles encontraram-se na praia ('They met at the beach' or 'They found themselves at the beach'?)

4. Inceptive or stative?: Conhecer pessoas como ele é uma aventura (To know or to meet?) people like him is fascinating')

SANTOS, Diana. Disponível em: < http://www.linguateca.pt/Diana/.../Santos-

TradTerm98ing.rt. >. Acesso em: 28 mar. 2015. (Adaptado).

A vagueza gramatical ilustrada pelos excertos tem o seguinte impacto na tradução:

A

Grammatical vagueness happens more often in Portuguese than in English.

B

The translator might choose any possibility, in any case, without running the risk of being incoherent.

C

Grammatical vagueness is not a problem for the language users, but it is a challenge for the translator’s choices.

D

Since the words in the sentences are intrinsically vague, an appropriate translation is an inexecutable task.

Gran Questões · Accepted Answer

Grammatical vagueness is not a problem for the language users, but it is a challenge for the translator’s choices.

Gran Questões · Answer

Grammatical vagueness happens more often in Portuguese than in English.

Gran Questões · Answer

The translator might choose any possibility, in any case, without running the risk of being incoherent.

Gran Questões · Answer

Since the words in the sentences are intrinsically vague, an appropriate translation is an inexecutable task.

O trecho a seguir apresenta alguns desafios enfrentados...