Problem: Despite occasional theoretical diversity, the actual practice of translation has hardly changed since antiquity. Except for some extreme metaphrasers in the early Christian period and the Middle Ages, and adapters in various periods (especially pre-Classical Rome, and the 18th century), translators have generally shown prudent flexibility in seeking equivalents "literal" where possible, paraphrastic where necessary for the original meaning and other crucial "values" (e.g., style, verse form, concordance with musical accompaniment or, in films, with speech articulatory movements) as determined from context.
For crucial values, what type of values do translators use where possible?
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Answer: literal

Problem: The modern English word green comes from the Middle English and Anglo-Saxon word grene, from the same Germanic root as the words "grass" and "grow". It is the color of living grass and leaves and as a result is the color most associated with springtime, growth and nature. By far the largest contributor to green in nature is chlorophyll, the chemical by which plants photosynthesize and convert sunlight into chemical energy. Many creatures have adapted to their green environments by taking on a green hue themselves as camouflage. Several minerals have a green color, including the emerald, which is colored green by its chromium content.
From which Middle English and Anglo-Saxon word is green derived?
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Answer: grene

Problem: Executive Directors and Under-Secretaries General of the UN
2011present Dr Babatunde Osotimehin (Nigeria)
20002010 Ms Thoraya Ahmed Obaid (Saudi Arabia)
19872000 Dr Nafis Sadik (Pakistan)
196987 Mr Rafael M. Salas (Philippines)
What Nigerian was falsely known as being a doctor?
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Answer:
unanswerable