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<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>APPENDIX 1 TRANSLATION TEST My name is Nguyễn Xuân Nhi, a senior year student majoring in Bachelor of English at TDU, 3rd Course. I am carrying out the research “ a Study Cultural problems in English-Vietnamese translation”. Your information is very important since it will be used to complete this study. Therefore, I would like you to fulfill this test and a questionnaire delivered after the test. Name:...................................... Class: ...................................... Age: ...................................... I.Choose an answer that is suit to you for each question: 1. How long have you studied English? a. 3 years. b. 6 years. c. 10 years. d. More than 10 years. 2. How do you like studying translation subject? a. Dislike. b. Not like much. c. Like. d. Like very much. 3. What do you think about translation subject? a. Boring. b. Interesting c. Useful. d. Other (state your idea) ........................................................................................ II. Translate following sentences into Vietnamese: 1. She is as cool as a cucumber. .......................................................................................................................................... 2. Economics and polistics often make strange bedfellows. .......................................................................................................................................... 3. No pain, no gain. ...........................................................................................................................................

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> 4. In the morning, they have continental breakfast. .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... 5. A: She thinks that she can kill a crocodile without any weapon. B: The good thing is that she is pretty. .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... 6. Passing the exam, he is as merry as a cricket. .......................................................................................................................................... 7. She is a kind of cool fish. .......................................................................................................................................... 8. Don’t cry over the spilt milk .......................................................................................................................................... 9. A: Do you love that poor man? B: Not for all the tea in China. .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... 10. She makes her parent a collect call which her parents will pay for. .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... Thanks for your cooperation!.

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