Aliteral translation of a text: a. conveys facts but usually not the original writer's style or the cultural context. b. contains errors in spelling and grammar that make the text almost unreadable. c. shows what the translator thinks is important from the original work. d. asks the reader to make too many guesses about the meaning of the original work.

Study the editorial cartoon mars probe by mike keefe. how does the alien with the baseball bat contribute to the effectiveness of the political cartoon? it suggests that aliens are like people because they play baseball, a human sport. it uses humor to show that unknown factors keep damaging the probes humans send. it shows how to cope with the surface of mars, which is rocky and full of craters. it exaggerates the size of the bat in relation to the mars probe in the cartoon.