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Unit 05
Translation (Questions 42–53)
twelve questions: English → Turkish and Turkish → English
Translation Checklist
Eliminate first: options that change the tense, the modal or the subject are wrong even if most of the words are correct.
| Check | Example |
|---|---|
| Main verb and tense | has been shown → gösterilmiştir · was discovered → keşfedildi |
| Passive and reporting structures | it is estimated that → … tahmin edilmektedir |
| Modal meaning | may → -ebilir · must → -meli · should → -meli (tavsiye) |
| Comparatives and quantity | twice as many as → iki katı · nearly half → neredeyse yarısı |
| Linker relation | whereas → -ken / oysa · unless → -mazsa · so that → -sın diye |
| Negative and limit words | not all → hepsi değil · only → yalnızca · hardly → neredeyse hiç |