What is the title of Tan's book (which she mentions giving a talk for)?
The Joy Luck Club
100
What is the Russian title of "Everybody loves Raymond"?
"Everybody loves Kostya"
100
What is "Domesticization"?
Changing details during translation to match the new (target) culture.
100
What part gives the main point you will prove in an essay?
The thesis
100
What writing style format do we use for this class?
MLA
200
What subjects did Tan's teachers try to steer her towards?
Math and Science
200
What is the name of Phil Rosenthal's personal translator when he's in Russia?
Marina
200
What is "foreignization"?
Keeping cultural details the same as the original in the translated version.
200
For this essay, what was the minimum number of texts you could use?
You had to use at least two
200
What does "integrating a quote" mean?
Starting with a signal phrase when using a quotation in an essay
300
Who did Tan talk to on the phone posing as her mother, and where was this person? (This is the specific example she gave, not a general category).
Her mother's stockbroker, in New York
300
What is "K&R" insurance?
Kidnap and Ransom insurance
300
What is "invisibility" in translation?
When you can't tell it has been translated (it sounds like it was written in the target language first).
300
Who is the audience for Essay three?
An educated, college audience
300
What are three things that always need an in-text citation?
Quotes, paraphrases, and summaries
400
How does this passage end: "Yet some of my friends tell me they understand 50 percent of what my mother says. Some say they understand 80 to 90 percent...."?
"Some say they understand none of it, as if she were speaking pure Chinese."
400
What are Eldar's two hobbies?
Seashells and knives
400
What was the original version of "Ruunulinna"?
Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth"
400
What must always be at the end of the essay?
A Works Cited list
400
What kinds of information are needed in the Works Cited entry for a movie? (name at least 5)
Title, director, lead actors, distributor, year of the movie's release, the medium.
500
What is Tan's mother's family name (her maiden name)?
Du
500
What is the name of the actor that Phil wants to play the role of Kostya?
Evgeny Miller
500
Which Finnish translation (which year) did not delete the description of the beach in "Alice in Wonderland"?
The 1995 version.
500
What are the two most important qualities a thesis needs to be strong?
It must be debatable and original
500
What is the grammar mistake in this sentence called: "Mr. Nguyen has sent his four children to ivy-league colleges, however, he has sacrificed his health working day and night in that old bakery."