Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

Simply being bilingual doesn’t qualify someone to interpret. Interpreting is not only a mechanical process of converting one sentence in language A into the same sentence in language B. Rather, it’s a complex art in which thoughts and idioms that have no obvious counterparts from tongue to tongue _ or words that have several meanings must be quickly transformed in such a way that the message is clearly and accurately expressed to the listener.

        At one international conference, an American speaker said, “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear”, which meant nothing to the Spanish audience. The interpretation was, “A monkey in a silk dress is still a monkey” _ an idiom the Spanish understood and that expressed the same idea. 

      There are 2 kinds of interpreters, simultaneous and consecutive. The former, sitting in a separated booth, usually at a large multilingual conference, speaks to listeners wearing headphones, interpreting  what a foreign language speaker says actually a sentence behind. Consecutive interpreters are the ones most international negotiations use. They are employed for smaller meetings without sound booths and headphones.   Consecutive   interpretation   also   requires   two-person   teams.   A   foreign   speaker   says   his piece while the interpreter, using a special shorthand, takes   notes and during  a pause, tells the   client what was said.

What is the purpose of the passage?

• Câu 2: Mã câu hỏi: 45162

  The author implies that most people have the opinion that the skill of interpreting is ______.

  • A. simpler than it really is
  • B. very complex and demanding
  • C. highly valued and admired
  • D. based on principles of business

• Câu 3: Mã câu hỏi: 45163

  The example “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear” is used to________.

• Câu 4: Mã câu hỏi: 45164

  A precondition of being a translator is ______.

• Câu 5: Mã câu hỏi: 45165

  Which of the following would a consecutive interpreter be used for?

• Câu 6: Mã câu hỏi: 45166

  The word “converting” is closest in meaning to…...

• Câu 7: Mã câu hỏi: 45167

  The word “the former” in the last paragraph refers to_____.

  • A. simultaneous interpreters
  • B. the conference
  • C. consecutive interpreters
  • D. both A & B

• Câu 8: Mã câu hỏi: 45168

  What is a difference mentioned between a simultaneous interpreter and a consecutive interpreter?