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Interview with a literary translator – B2 English Listening Test

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Interview with a literary translator – B2 English Listening Test

Watch an interview with a literary translator. For questions 1 to 7, decide if the statements are true or false. You can see the transcription after you submit your answers.
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1

She thinks that how a language sounds is important in a book.

2

She says that you can gain something from reading the translation.

3

Ferrante, the original writer, uses ugly language in some scenes.

4

One of the reasons Ferrante doesn’t use dialect is because it makes not much sense to use dialect in written language.

5

A movie and a television series are being made about the book.

6

She doesn’t know if she wants to see an audio-visual version of the book.

7

The story is very vivid in her mind due to the good physical descriptions in the book.