Tasks and problems of translation, types of translation, lexical problems of translation. Rendering of words of national colouring

APPENDIX 1
Questions

1. 
   What is translation?
   
2. 
   What is the aim of the theory of translation?
   
3. 
   Which science plays a leading role in translation studies today?
   
4. 
   What is the field of the general theory of translation?
   
5. 
   What are special theories of translation concerned with?
   
6. 
   What aspects of translation may be the object of study of different sciences?
   
7. 
   Which science plays a leading role in translation studies today?
   
8. 
   What kind of linguistics can be the basis of the theory of translation?
   
9. 
   What is the field of the general theory of translation?
   
10. 
    What types of translation can be pointed out?
    

APPENDIX 2
Questions for discussion
1. What are the two principles of translation classification? What are the main types of translation? What is the difference between literary and informative translations?
2. How can literary translation be sudivided? What is the main difficulty of translating a work of high literary merit? What qualities and skills are expected of a literary translator?
3. How can informative translations be subdivided? Are there any intermediate types of translation? What type of informative translations plays an especially important role in the modern world?
4. What is the main goal of a technical translation? What specific requirements does the technical translator expect to meet? What problems is the theory of technical translation concerned with?
5. What are the main characteristics of translations dealing with newspaper, diplomatic and other official materials? What specific problems emerge in translating film scripts and commercial advertisements?
6. What is the main difference between translation and interpretation? Which of them is usually made at a higher level of accuracy? Are there any intermediate forms of translation?
7. How can interpretation be classified? What are the characteristic features of consecutive interpretation? What is the role of notation in consecutive interpretation?