Questões de Concurso

Read the excerpt below:
"For the first time the artist makes such a large-scale performance in the city where he was born."
An English teacher analyzing this sentence with advanced students identifies a potential ambiguity in the noun "performance" within this artistic context. When discussing polysemy, context-dependent meaning, and the semantic challenges this presents for translation into Portuguese, particularly distinguishing between "performance" as artistic presentation versus "performance" as theatrical/live art form, the most linguistically precise interpretation considering the broader textual context of an art exhibition would be_________.

Fill in the blank above and select the correct alternative.

A professor of discourse analysis and textual genres is conducting a graduate seminar on professional communication in the contemporary art world, using the exhibition announcement "Digital Archeology" as case study material for analyzing genre conventions, register appropriateness, and rhetorical strategies. Students are asked to evaluate various aspects of the text's linguistic construction, audience positioning, and communicative effectiveness within the institutional context of gallery announcements and press releases. The professor emphasizes the importance of recognizing how lexical choices, structural organization, and intertextual references work together to establish credibility, inform audiences, and persuade potential visitors to attend exhibitions. Regarding the textual genre and discourse analysis of "Digital Archeology," mark the INCORRECT alternative.

Judge the sentences below as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) regarding translation theory and practice applied to the text "Digital Archeology."

(__)The phrase "large-scale performance" presents a translation challenge requiring the translator to consider register, domain-specific vocabulary, and context; a functionally equivalent Brazilian Portuguese translation would be "mostra de grande escala" or "exposição abrangente," prioritizing dynamic equivalence over formal equivalence to ensure target audience comprehension of the exhibition's scope and importance.

(__)The series titles "TransOrganic," "Para Bellum," "Posthuman," and "Bunker City" should all be systematically translated into Portuguese as "TransOrgânico," "Para a Guerra," "Pós-humano," and "Cidade Bunker" to ensure Brazilian readers fully comprehend the thematic content, as maintaining English titles would create unnecessary barriers to understanding and contradict accessibility principles in translation for non-specialist audiences.

(__)The sentence "The topics that excite the author of the exhibition" contains the verb "excite" which shares identical semantic range with Portuguese "excitar," making direct cognate translation appropriate and recommended, as both verbs carry the same connotations of intellectual stimulation and enthusiasm across academic and professional contexts in both languages without semantic divergence.


The CORRECT sequence is: 

Consider the following pedagogical scenario:
An English teacher planning a lesson for Brazilian high school students using this recipe as authentic material wants to analyze the syntactic complexity and verb phrase structures to assess text difficulty level and design appropriate scaffolding activities. Examining sentences like "Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil," "Stir in the chopped kimchi until evenly coated," and "Using tongs, gently mix until each strand is coated," the teacher conducts a syntactic analysis focusing on verb phrase types, clause structures, and non-finite constructions. Regarding the syntactic features that impact text difficulty and pedagogical implications for supporting reading comprehension among intermediate EFL learners, which analysis is syntactically and pedagogically accurate?

Judge the sentences below as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) regarding lexical-semantic analysis and vocabulary comprehension of culinary terms in the recipe "Cold Kimchi Tomato Bibim Noodles."

(__)The verb "drizzle" in the instruction "Drizzle with a little extra sesame oil" belongs to the semantic field of liquid application techniques, denoting controlled pouring of liquid in thin stream, and shares semantic features with verbs like "sprinkle" and "pour," though with distinct manner specifications regarding quantity and distribution pattern.

(__)The compound adjective "soft-boiled" in "2 soft-boiled eggs (7 minutes, jammy yolks)" functions as a hyphenated attributive modifier specifying a cooking method, and its morphological structure combines adjective + past participle to create a specialized culinary term that would be translated into Portuguese as "ovos cozidos moles" or "ovos quentes."

(__)The noun "matchsticks" in "sliced into matchsticks" represents a metaphorical extension through shape similarity, where the lexical item originally denoting small wooden sticks for lighting fires has undergone semantic broadening to describe a cutting technique (julienne) in culinary contexts, demonstrating how concrete nouns can acquire specialized technical meanings in professional domains.


The CORRECT sequence is: