Questões de Concurso sobre Tradução

The English translation of the Portuguese sentence Quanto mais você adia o despertador, menos você quer se levantar da cama is How much more you snooze your alarm, how much less you want to get out of bed.

Sentence: In 1170, Norman Vikings who had taken control of England invaded Ireland and made it an English territory. Translation: Em 1170, Vikings Normandos que haviam tomado o controle da Inglaterra invadiram a Irlanda e a transformaram em um território inglês.

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In the comic strip, the equivalent in Portuguese for the word "pretend" is:

Considering the information about engines and propellers used in aircraft and their components, select the correct alternative.

In paragraph 2, the author states that: “GDP growth in the UK will settle between 1.6% and 1.8% in the period up until 2038, helping it retain its position as the world’s sixth-largest economy”.

The expression the world’s sixth-largest economy from that statement is correctly translated into Portuguese in

Pelo contexto da fábula, pode-se inferir corretamente que o termo ‘chasm’, em português, corresponde a:

Escolha a alternativa que melhor traduz a palavra em negrito da sentença abaixo.

My mother is a very sensible woman.

Qual das expressões abaixo seria a melhor forma de dizer “lidaremos com o problema quando ele chegar” em inglês?

O verbo “to push” em português é um:

Qual a tradução apropriada da seguinte frase de Krishnamurti?

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

https://kfoundation.org/quotes/#ambition

Analyze the following sentences and choose the correct meaning of the highlighted words.

- I love sunbathing in the garden.

- Her brother is a clever teacher.

- She looks like her sister.

Leia o texto abaixo e marque em seguida a tradução das palavras em negrito:

One of most successful chat artists of the 1980s, Madonna (bom Madonna Louise Ciccone, 1959) worked in various dance troupes before joining disco artist Patrick Hernandez backing singers in 1979. Later that year she joined Breakfast Club as drummer and vocalist and in 1980 formed Emmenon (AKA Emmy), made solo demos and starred in her first film “A CertainSacrifice”.

Assinale corretamente:

In the sentence " […] the Flight 19 incident was a “disappearance” with the chilling words “cause unknown” added later on" the highlighted term means:

INSTRUCTION: Read the comic strip below to answer question 8.

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What is the best translation for the term “would like”?

Assinale a alternativa que corretamente completa os espaços nas frases, de acordo com a tradução dos advérbios entre parênteses.

I – If you keep driving _____, I am sure we’re going to have an accident. (rapidamente)

II – He _____ opened the bag, took out the eggs and put them in the fridge. (cuidadosamente)

III – You can answer these questions _____ if you study hard. (facilmente)

IV – He ate some ____ cooked chicken and now he feels sick. (mal)

A ordem da sequência correta, de cima para baixo, é

Leia o texto 1 para responder as questões que se seguem.

Nikola Tesla biography

(Disponível em https://www.biography.com/inventor/nikola-tesla)

Nikola Tesla was an engineer and scientist known for designing the alternating-current (AC) electric system, which is the predominant electrical system used across the world today. He also created the "Tesla coil," which is still used in radio technology.

Born (01) ______ modern day Croatia, Tesla came to the United States in 1884 and briefly worked with Thomas Edison before the two parted ways. He sold several patent rights, including those to his AC machinery, to George Westinghouse.

Early Life

Tesla was born in Smiljan, Croatia, on July 10, 1856.

Tesla was one of five children, including (02) ______ Dane, Angelina, Milka and Marica. Tesla's interest in electrical invention was spurred by his mother, Djuka Mandic, who (03) ______ small household appliances in her spare time while her son was growing up.

Leia a sentença: “Tesla came to the United States (…) and briefly worked with Thomas Edison before the two parted ways”. Sobre o significado do fragmento em destaque, analise as afirmativas a seguir e assinale a alternativa correta.

I. Os dois uniram forças.

II. Os dois se separaram.

III. Ambos tinham ideias comuns, mas não trabalharam juntos.

The experience of illness and hospitalization represents a very difficult time for most sick people. It is in this hospital setting that the patient often finds himself in a crisis situation. Regarding the activities of the psychologist inserted in the hospital context, select the INCORRECT alternative.

A expressão idiomática "paves the way" (primeiro parágrafo) pode ser traduzida como

No trecho "Or maybe it's more accurate to say that it's still too early to expect that we would have figured out how to make things go right", o termo sublinhado equivale, em português, a

Partindo do excerto de Peter High, um professor de língua inglesa, em conformidade com abordagens comunicativas, propõe a seus alunos