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IELTS Academic Reading — Test 2, Passage 2

Translating: a key to international understanding?

Questions 14–26 of Reading Test 2. Do it online and every answer is marked the moment you finish, with your band score and the exact line of the passage each answer came from.

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Questions 14–26 — 13 questions, in these types: Matching Features, Matching Information, Multiple Answers, Summary Completion.

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The term 'translation' is used for all cases where the meaning of expressions in one language (the 'source' language) is turned into the meaning in another (the target language), whether the medium is spoken, written, or signed. In specific professional contexts, however, a distinction is…

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