Proofreading Proficiency Test Romanian

Guidelines for completing the Proofreading Proficiency Test

The test consists of a translated text in which various errors have been inserted, alongside its original
English text, an error report which you will need to fill in according to the guidelines below, and the
definitions and examples of the several errors inserted.

Guidelines on how to fill in the error report:

1. In the first column, fill out the line number where you spotted the mistake.

2. In the 2nd column, Error Type, choose from the drop-down menu the corresponding error type.
Categorize the errors carefully based on the definition and examples in the Definition and
Examples on the last page of this document.

3. In the 3rd column, Error, write down the actual error detected.

4. In the 4th column, Correction, insert the correction

5. In the 5th column, Notes, add notes/comments for your correction if you deem necessary

6. Save the test in the following format: PPT_x_Your name_Your language.doc

If your name is Sally Smith and you are completing test 2 in Dutch your file name would be:
PPT_2_Sally Smith_Dutch.doc

Once again, thank you for your time in completing the test. If you have any questions, please do not
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 Original Text
As she did in her 2004 collection Dont Let
Me Be Lonely, Rankine again works with a
form she calls an American Lyric. The
writing zigs and zags effortlessly between
prose poems, images and essays. This is the
poet as conceptual artist, in full mastery of her
craft. And while the themes of this book could
have been mined from any point in Americas
history, Rankine sets the whole collection
resolutely in the present. Contemporary
content and contemporary form mirror each
other.
There are also several evocative internal
monologues that offer a kind of breathing
space between the texts grounded in fact.
You sit down, you sigh. You stand up, you
sigh. The sighing is a worrying exhale of an
ache. You wouldnt call it an illness; still it is
not the iteration of a free being. What else to
liken yourself to but an animal, the ruminant
kind? At best these monologues capture the
liminal quality of being black and American
what Du Bois called double consciousness
though on occasion they lapse into slack
tautology: Do feelings lose their feeling if
they speak to a lack of feeling?
Rankine has for the most part abandoned line
breaks; she is like a painter abandoning
representation in order to focus on canvas,
color and light. In her world, enjambment, that
poetic technique of allowing a sentence to run
into the next line of poetry, often to create
layered meanings, takes place between poems
rather than between lines.
Translation
1. Asemeni tehnicii abordat n colecia din 2004
2. Dont Let Me Be Lonely, Rankine folosete din
3. nou un stil pe care l numete poem liric
4. american. Stilul lui oscileaz cu uurin ntre
5. poeme n proz, imagini i eseuri. Aceasta e poeta
6. ca artist conceptual, la apogeul miestriei ei
7. artistice. i, dei temele acestei cri ar fi putut
8. porni din orice perioad a istoriei americane,
9. Rankine nu i ancoreaz puternic colecia n
10. prezent. Coninutul i forma contemporane sunt
11. puse n oglind
12.
13.
14. Exist i cteva monloguri interne evocatoare,
15. care ofer o gur de aer proaspt ntre textele
16. descriptive. Te aezi, you oftezi. Te ridici, oftezi.
17. Oftarea este descrcarea ngrijortoare a unei
18. durere. Nu ai putea s-o denumeti boal; i, totui,
19. nu este exprimarea unui suflet liber. Cu ce altceva
20. ai putea s te semeni dect cu animalul din clasa
21. celor gnditoare? n cel mai bun caz, aceste
22. monologuri surprind condiia liminal ceea ce
23. Du Bois a numit dubla contiin dei, pe
24. alocuri, acestea alunec spre o uoar tautologie:
25. Emoia i pierde din trire dac descrie o lips a
26. tririi?
27.
28.
29. Rankine a abandonat n mare parte liniile de
30. dialog. E asemeni unui pictor care-i abandoneaz
31. reprezentarea pentru a se concentra asupra pnzei,
32. culorii i luminii. n lumea ei, ingambamentul,
33. tehnica poetic prin care se permite unei
34. propoziii continuarea n versul urmtor, adesea
35. folosit pentru a crea sensuri multiple, are loc
36. ntre texte mai mult dect ntre rnduri.
37.
Rankine creates an intentionally disorienting 38. Rankne creeaz o experien ce dezorienteaz
experience, one that mirrors the experience of 39. intenionat, oglinzi cu experiena micilor
racial micro-aggressions her subjects 40. agresiuni rasiale pe care subiecii ei o triesc. n
encounter. Race is both referenced and 41. text, se face referire la ras i, n acelai timp,
purposely effaced within the text. 42. aceasta e mascat.
43.
The real estate woman, who didnt fathom 44. Agenta imobiliar, care n-a neles c ar fi putut
she could have made an appointment to show 45. stabili o ntlnnire pentru a-i arta casa, i ocup
her house to you, spends much of the walk- 46. mare parte din timpul n care te nva spunndu-i
through telling your friend, repeatedly, how 47. prietenei tale, n mod repetat, ct de confortabil se
comfortable she feels around her. Neither you 48. simte n preajma ei. Nici tu, nici prietena ta nu v
nor your friend bothers to ask who is making 49. deranjai s o spunei cine o face s nu se simt n
her feel uncomfortable. 50. largul ei?
51.
As Rankine pointedly writes, Just getting 52. Aa cum subliniaz Rankine: S ne nelegeam
along shouldnt be an ambition. Citizen 53. bine n-ar trebui s fie o ambiie. Ceteanul
throws a Molotov cocktail at the notion that a 54. arunc un cocktail Molotov asupra conceptului c
reduction of injustice is the same as freedom. 55. o reducere a nedreptii e totuna cu libertatea.
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 Error Report #2

Line # Error Type Error Correction Notes

aunque el motel
aunque estos osos no no se parezca The verb to bear
12 Mistranslation - Major se parecen al hotel mistranslated as the
a los de El resplandor Overlook de El noun
resplandor
 Definition and Examples

Type of Error Definition Example

Capitalization Incorrect use of upper/lower case I dont want to go. > i dont want to go.
Lives change in five years. > Lives
Grammar/Syntax Grammatical or syntactical mistake
changes in five years.
Inconsistent
Different translations used for the same term
translation
Spanish text used in Brazilian
Incorrect/different language is used or left in
Incorrect language Portuguese file or English text left in
a file
Thai file
Major mistranslation that affects the meaning Sarah killed her husband. > Sarah did not
Mistranslation - Major
of the sentence and the overall plot kill her husband.
I cooked pot roast for tonight. > I cooked
minestrone for tonight. IMPORTANT: It
Minor mistranslation that may affect the
is not an error if the translator decided
Mistranslation - Minor meaning of the sentence but not the overall
to leave out unimportant information,
plot
repeated or filler words or condensed
the translation.
She was our mole in the company. >
Literal translation - Major literal translation that affects the
'Mole' translated as an animal instead of
Major meaning of the sentence and the overall plot.
'infiltrator'.
Hard word breaks no bones. > Word-to-
Minor literal translation that does not convey
Literal translation - word translation that would not convey
the correct intention of the speaker, joke or
Minor the meaning 'Words do not physically
sarcasm but not the overall plot.
damage'.
Punctuation Error - Missing, unnecessary or incorrect You're not going to the prom? > You're
Major punctuation that alters the overall meaning not going to the prom.
Missing, unnecessary or incorrect
Punctuation Error - punctuation that may affect viewers reading We got invited to Michelle's party! > We
Minor experience but does not alter the overall got invited to Michelle's party.
meaning
Severe/important missing translation that He just won the lottery yesterday and
Severe missing
affect the meaning of the sentence and the was robbed an hour later. > He just won
translation
overall plot the lottery yesterday.
Typos or spelling mistakes that are detectable
Typo/Spelling Error -
with spell-check or mistakes in proper nouns, James Cameron > James Camerrron
Major
character or place names or in Main Title.
Typos or spelling mistakes that are not
detectable with spell-check but only by read-
Typo/Spelling Error - He pulled the cork from a bottle. > He
through. Or mistakes that are not in proper
Minor pulled the dork from a bottle.
nouns, character or place names or in Main
Title.
A musician was playing his friend's
Nonfluent/awkward Translation that sounds awkward or contains
trumpet. > A musician was blowing his
translation a poor choice of word
friend's trumpet.