Homework #3


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Watch the video and write down 10 new words you learn with it. Then, go to the "Think" part and answer the comprehension questions. Post your answers as a comment below. 

Due date: April 30th 






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  1. Hello everybody!

    Words

    Bewitching-Fascinante
    Assumptions-Suposiciones
    Approach- enfoque
    Wizarding- mago
    Achieve- lograr
    Unmistakably-inequivocamente
    Foreign-externo
    Measly-miserable
    Clever-inteligente
    Swapped-intercambiado
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    The comprehension questions
    1. All of the above
    2. Hogwarts
    Diagon Alley
    Harry Potter
    3. Magichog
    4. It would be the dessert "Bienmesabe", the name isnt related to any of the ingredients to cook it.

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  2. 1. Approach: enfoque
    2. Bewitching: cautivador
    3. Oversight: descuido
    4. Assumptions: suposiciones
    5. Fill: lleno
    6. Pun: juego de palabras
    7. Measly: miserable
    8. Mean: tacaño
    9. Unmistakable: inconfundible
    10. Swap: intercambio

    What are some factors that make it challenging to translate Harry Potter?
    R/ All of the above.

    List three characters from the Harry Potter series whose names might be difficult to translate because of their alliteration, word play, definition or connotation.
    R/ Hogwarts.
    Diagon Alley.
    Harry Potter.

    Using any of the translation techniques mentioned in this video, imagine a new name for Hogwarts (in English or any other language).
    R/ Wizery
    Wizard+Sorcery

    If you wrote a novel set in your native country, and the characters were eating something that has a very specific cultural connotation that wouldn't necessarily translate to another culture, what would it be and why?
    R/ It would be “chan”, because is a simple name and it doesn't has others meanings. Also, it doesn't has problems like some foods of the video, because it not means nothing.

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  3. 1. Oversight = equivocado
    2. Assumptions = suposición
    3. Invokes = invoca
    4. Pun = juego palabras
    5. Unmistakably = inequivocamente
    6. Despite = a pesar de
    7. Footnotes = nota al pie de página
    8. Target = Objetivo
    9. Accommodate = acomodar
    10. Connotation = relación.

    Part Think
    1. All of above
    2. Hogwarts - Diagon Alley - Harry Potter
    3. Magdemy (Magician + Academy)
    4. "Cas" is a word of a tropical fruit in Costa Rica.

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  4. 1.Assumptions = suposición
    2.Aproach= enfoque
    3.Sufferest=sufriendo
    4.Warts= verrugas
    5.Wizarding= mago
    6.Crumpled= estropeado
    7.Measly=miserable
    8.Clever= inteligente
    9.Swapped= intercambiar
    10.Mainland= continente

    Think
    What are some factors that make it challenging to translate Harry Potter?
    all of the above
    List three characters from the Harry Potter series whose names might be difficult to translate because of their alliteration, word play, definition or connotation.
    Severus Snape
    Hogwarts
    Diagon Alley
    Harry Potter
    Using any of the translation techniques mentioned in this video, imagine a new name for Hogwarts (in English or any other language).
    Warlock + Academy
    Wardemy
    If you wrote a novel set in your native country, and the characters were eating something that has a very specific cultural connotation that wouldn't necessarily translate to another culture, what would it be and why?
    Maybe the word Rondón because it's a short word and it's not like a combination of words.

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  5. Ten words
    Sorcerer
    Oversight
    Assumptions
    Alliteration
    Loaded
    Pun
    Measly
    Swapped out
    Blimey

    Think Part
    1) All answers
    2) Hogwarts
    Harry Potter
    Draco Malfoy
    3) HogCastle
    4)The Gallo Pinto willbe the food that is not necessarly translate because only in Costa rica we eat rice and beans together in every time of food. And also the compound word are difficult to translate because it doesn´t have sense in other words and meaning.

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  6. New Words
    1. Bewitching: fascinante
    2. Assumptions: suposiciones
    3. Accommodate: acomodar/adaptar
    4. Wizarding: mago
    5. Approaches: enfoques
    6. Measly: miserable
    7. Foreign: externo
    8. Clever: inteligente
    9. Unmistakable: inequívoco
    10. Swapped: intercambiado

    The comprehension questions (think part)
    1. All of the above
    2. Hogwarts, Diagon Alley , Harry Potter
    3. Spellwarts
    4. Maybe it would be "pico de gallo" or "chimichurri" because in Costa Rica it is typical, but it does not have a specific translation.

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  7. WORDS:
    1- Bewitching = Fascinante
    2- Assumptions = Suposiciones
    3- Wordplay = Juego de palabras
    4- Goat = Cabra
    5- Measly = Miserable
    6- Undergoes = Sufre
    7- Swapped = Intercambiado
    8- Dropped = Caido
    9- Target = Objetivo
    10- Mainland = Continente


    THINK PART:
    1- All of the above.
    2- Harry poter, Diagon Alley and Hogwarts.
    3- Wizcademy (Wizard+academy)
    4- Would be "Tortilla" because it is a word that originated in Costa Rica and does not have a translation in one word in another language.

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  9. Words:
    1. Assumptions: Asunción
    2. Approach: Acercamiento
    3. Target: Objetivo
    4. Pun: Juego de Palabras
    5. Remaid: nueva criada
    6. Anagram: Anagrama
    7. Fade riddle: Descolorar la criba
    8. Unmistakably: Inequívocamente
    9. Undergoes: Sufre
    10. Swapped out: Cambiado hacia fuera

    1. What are some factors that make it challenging to translate Harry Potter?
    All of the above
    2. List three characters from the Harry Potter series whose names might be difficult to translate because of their alliteration, word play, definition or connotation.
    Severus Snake
    Hogwarts
    Diagon Alley
    3. Using any of the translation techniques mentioned in this video, imagine a new name for Hogwarts (in English or any other language).
    Wizcole = wizard + ecole
    4. If you wrote a novel set in your native country, and the characters were eating something that has a very specific cultural connotation that wouldn't necessarily translate to another culture, what would it be and why?
    “Pinolillo” isn’t exactly traditional of CR but we drink it too. We have the ingredients in this region and it is a cold drink perfect for tropical climates. The name is original of Nicaragua.

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  10. Words
    assumptions = suposiciones
    rhyme = rima
    wizarding = mago
    retain = conservar
    goat = cabra
    measly = miserable
    unmistakably = Inequívocamente
    bacon = Tocino
    Swapped = Intercambiado

    Answers
    1- All of the above
    2- Dragon Alley, Howards, Harry Potter
    3- Wizery (Wizard + Sorcery)
    4- I believe that the word of my country that is not necessary to change is "Masato", is a typical drink of different places.

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  11. Words
    Bewitching
    Achieve
    Measly
    Clever
    Pun
    Tasked
    Warts
    Mainland
    Blimey
    Sorcerer

    Answers
    1- Word play, alliterations
    2- Severus Snape, Hogwrts, Godric Griffindor
    3- Magstle )combination od Magic and Castle)
    4- I Use the word "Tamal" because is a tipical plate in Costa Rica

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  12. bewitching
    oversight
    alliteration
    dropped in
    remain
    riddle
    unmistakably
    undergoes
    swapped out
    despite

    1. all of the above
    2. Severus Snape, Tom Riddle, Quidditch
    3. Magity = Magic + University
    4. It would be "casado", because it's the word that mostly Ticos use when eat out

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  13. Words:
    1. Bewitching
    2. Assumptions
    3. Wizarding
    4. entirely
    5. Undergoes
    6. swapped
    7. Mainland
    8. Unmistakable
    9. goat
    10.Pun

    Answer:
    1.all of the above
    2. Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Hogwarts.
    3.Demairy--> Demon+fairy
    4.Patí, because it is a usual meal in the Caribbean culture, and that culture is unique in Costa Rica, for its traditions.

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