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Cicero Translations Presenting you to the world. Here are the answers to our quiz. We hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to pass this on to friends and colleagues to see how well they do!.
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Cicero Translations Presenting you to the world Here are the answers to our quiz. We hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to pass this on to friends and colleagues to see how well they do! Translation ● Typesetting ● Website localisation ● Voice-overs ● Subtitling ● Proofreading
Cicero Translations Question 1Which language is the first language of the largest number of Europeans? Presenting you to the world A. English B. French 24% of the EU population are native German speakers - Worldwide, German accounts for the most written translations into and from a language.Source: Guinness Book of Records C. German D. Italian E. Spanish
Cicero Translations Presenting you to the world Question 2Is the following story regarding mistranslation true or false? An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of the desired "I saw the Pope" in Spanish, the shirts proclaimed "I saw the Potato". A: True B: False
Cicero Translations This is an "urban legend", although this anecdote is still used in many business schools and seminars to illustrate the perils of failing to do adequate research before introducing a product into the international marketplace.The Chevrolet Nova sold well in Mexico and Venezuela.Source: www.snopes.com Presenting you to the world Question 3Is the following story regarding mistranslation true or false? The Chevrolet Nova sold poorly in Spanish-speaking countries because its name translates as "doesn't go" in Spanish. A: True B: False
Cicero Translations Question 4Which of these languages is non-Latin? Presenting you to the world A. Portuguese Although geographically surrounded by Indo-European languages, Basque is believed to be a language isolate: it is not an Indo-European language, meaning that it does not belong to Germanic, Slavic, Celtic, or Romance (Latin), Baltic nor to any other family.Source: Wikipedia B. French C. Basque D. Italian E. Romanian
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