1. Interpreting is…….
a. Translation
b. A special form of translation
c. Free translation
d. Literary translation
2. Interpreting is an ancient human practice which clearly predates the invention of…..
a. Writing
b. Written translation
c. Both
d. Neither
3. The activity of interpreting could be traced back to Akkadian, the ancient Semitic Language of Assyria and Babylonia around….
a. 1000BC
b. 100 BC
c. 900BC
d. 1900BC
4. While the English Word ‘interpreter’ is derived from Latin interpres, the English term for interpreter, dragoman was derived from the ………..root targumanu.
a. Egyptian
b. Persian
c. Akkadian
d. Both A and B
5. What distinguishes interpreting from other types of ‘translational activity is its ……..
a. Own rules
b. Historical background
c. Immediacy
d. Importance
6. Otto Kade defined interpreting as a form of translation in which…..
a. The source-language text is presented only once and thus cannot be reviewed or replayed.
b. The target-language text is produced under time pressure, with little chance for correction and revision
c. Both
d. Neither

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