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Which of the linguistic & paralinguistic means employed in the text complicate
its translation so much? Why?
What is the function of the poems at the end of each tale?
In what way is the poem concluding this tale special?
Comment on the function of alliteration on p.148.
THE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEA
I. Translate the following passages:
p.163 ("But towards...")
p.174 ("You are lazy...") - 2 paragraphs.
How did you cope with the pun in the word Malazy?
What ways out do professional translators suggest?
II. Which of the animals did the following:
scuttled off sideways
chewed the cud
was making a beaver-dam
was scratching with flippers
stepped into the sea
licked the tongue round the whole forest
stamped his feet
whirled sand through the air
was feeding in the field
was digging with his tusks
threw up lumps of earth
felled trees (mind the difference between the words to fell & to fall)?
III. Pick out at least a dozen phrasal verbs (stir up, pour down & the like).
Suggest a task for your mates to reinforce their usage.
IV. Pick out half a dozen useful expressions for your groupmates to paraphrase
&/or translate them.
V. Describe the crab at the beginning & at the end of the tale.
Account for the changes in his looks & character.
What gifts was the crab given?
What did they enable him to do?
What was he deprived of & why?
VI. In what way is the tale educational?
Which of the linguistic & paralinguistic means employed in the text complicate
its translation so much? Why?
What is the function of the poems at the end of each tale?
In what way is the poem concluding this tale special?
Comment on the function of alliteration on p.148.
THE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEA
I. Translate the following passages:
p.163 ("But towards...")
p.174 ("You are lazy...") - 2 paragraphs.
How did you cope with the pun in the word Malazy?
What ways out do professional translators suggest?
II. Which of the animals did the following:
scuttled off sideways
chewed the cud
was making a beaver-dam
was scratching with flippers
stepped into the sea
licked the tongue round the whole forest
stamped his feet
whirled sand through the air
was feeding in the field
was digging with his tusks
threw up lumps of earth
felled trees (mind the difference between the words to fell & to fall)?
III. Pick out at least a dozen phrasal verbs (stir up, pour down & the like).
Suggest a task for your mates to reinforce their usage.
IV. Pick out half a dozen useful expressions for your groupmates to paraphrase
&/or translate them.
V. Describe the crab at the beginning & at the end of the tale.
Account for the changes in his looks & character.
What gifts was the crab given?
What did they enable him to do?
What was he deprived of & why?
VI. In what way is the tale educational?
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