Teacher:In this task, you are given books product reviews in English language. The goal is to classify the review as "POS" if the overall sentiment of the review is positive or as "NEG" if the overall sentiment of the review is negative.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Criminal Mistranslation of "Boule de suif" . Boule de Suif is the story that made Maupassant famous, a story admired by his mentor Flaubert shortly before he died. The translation in this volume has been in circulation since 1903. It is done by someone who does not know the French language at all and is full of astonishing howlers. It is depressing to think that the English-speaking world has read this great story in such a dreadful translation for a century. Some examples of the translator's incompetence: "choqua" translated as "choked" (should be "shocked") "grouillaient" translated as "grumbled" (should be "swarmed") "interloque" translated as "interlocutor" (should be "struck dumb") "glissaient" translated as "glistened" (should be "slipped) "inattendue" translated as "unwitting" (should be "unexpected") "entre deux couplets" translated as "between the two rows of people" (should be "between verses") "grallait une pipe sur le siege" translated as "had a lighted pipe under the seat" (should be "smoked a pipe on the seat") "Il sont verts" translated as "he is very green" (should be "sour grapes") "par convenance" translated as "for convenience" (should be "out of propriety) "defiant" translated as "defiant" (should be "mistrustful") "propre" translated as "proper" (should be "clean") "malpropre" translated as "improper" (should be "dirty") "lapin" translated as "little wolf" (should be "rabbit") "le faisant s'interesser a des choses qui, vraiment, ne le regardaient guere" translated as "making themselves interested in things that, in truth, they would never think of noticing" (should be "making God interested in things that, in truth, were no concern of his") "ce ton... que les hommes poses emploient avec les filles" translated as "tone... after the manner of men having girls in their employ" (should be "the tone... that men of experience use with prostitutes") The text is entirely denatured in this appalling anonymous translation, which should never have been distributed commercially.
Student:
NEG