Daily CARS
One passage a day. The section rewards reps more than anything.
Today's passage
The Translator in the Room
visibility and fluency in literary translation ~12 min6 questionsLevel 4
Praise for a translated novel often takes a curious form. Reviewers commend a translation for reading "as if it had been written in English," as though the highest achievement available to a translator were to disappear. The ideal is an old one, and its appeal is easy to understand. Readers who pick up a translated book want the author, not an intermediary, and a translator who calls attention to herself can seem to be stealing a stage that belongs to someone else.
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Quick CARS tips
Find the point first
Before the questions, sum up the author's main claim in one sentence.
Listen for the author
Words like "surely" or "merely" tell you how the author feels.
Stay inside the passage
The right answer is supported by the text, not by what you already know.