Roman Alphabet Languages: 7–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Communicating / Translating
Content description
Translate informative and imaginative texts comparing own interpretations with others and discussing what differs and why
Elaborations
translating texts such as signs, announcements, notices, songs, advertisements, or extracts from stories and films, and then comparing own translation with peers’, discussing differences between versions and considering reasons for these
analysing texts for culture-specific terms and expressions and considering how best to represent these in another language
analysing a familiar text in its translated form, noticing what has or has not been effectively translated, and considering what the challenges are and how the text could be improved
using print dictionaries and electronic translators to support the translation process, including doing ‘back translations’, noticing when a word or expression does or does not translate readily and considering why
Code
VCRAC110
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