Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT3 S4 Q1 Explanation

The translator of poetry must realize

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Stimulus

The translator of poetry must realize that word-for-word equivalents do not exist across languages, any more than piano sounds exist in the violin. The violin can, however, play recognizably the same music as the piano, but only if the violinist is guided violin as well as by the original composition.

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Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
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As applied to the act of translating poetry from one language into another, the analogy above can best be

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    Poetry cannot be effectively translated because, unlike music, it is composed of words

  2. Trap0% picked this

    Some languages are inherently more musical and more suitable to poetic

  3. Trap12% picked this

    The translator should be primarily concerned with reproducing the rhythms and sound patterns of the original, not with

  4. Correct84% picked this

    The translator must observe the spirit of the original and also the qualities of expression that characterize the language into

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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  5. Trap1% picked this

    Poetry is easier to translate if it focuses on philosophical insights or natural descriptions rather

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