Comparison of a back-translation with the original text is sometimes used as a check on the accuracy of the original translation, much as the accuracy of a mathematical operation is sometimes checked by reversing the operation. But the results of such reverse-translation operations, while useful as approximate checks, are not always precisely reliable. Back-translation must in general be less accurate than back-calculation because linguistic symbols (words) are often ambiguous, whereas mathematical symbols are intentionally unequivocal. COUNT 5
QSN1 What is sometimes used to check the accuracy of a translation? ANS1 Comparison of a back-translation with the original text QSN2 How are mathematical operations checked? ANS2 by reversing the operation QSN3 What operations are results from not always completely reliable? ANS3 reverse-translation operations QSN4 What symbol set has a defining property of ambiguity? ANS4 linguistic QSN5 What symbol set has the property of being intentionally unequivocal? ANS5 mathematical