Section outline

  • Translating a Business Text 

    Unit 26

    Translation into Turkish: Excerpt from Writers on Organisations by D. S. Pugh et al. 

    Grammar Points: 

    -  Negative prefixes (Exercise 26.1)

    “Hundreds of cases of incompetence can be seen anywhere.” 

    -  Sentence connectors – result (Exercise 26.2)

    “The Principle assumes a constant quest for high performance. Hence people competent at their jobs are promoted.” 

    -  Still (Exercise 26.3)

    “People competent at their jobs are promoted so that they may do still better.” 

    -  Verbs + prepositions (Exercise 26.4)

    “All employees rise to and remain at their level of incompetence.” 

    -   Phrasal verbs – to carry (Exercise 26.5)

    “In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties.”