Chinese: First Language Learner 7–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Communicating / Translating
Content description
Create bilingual texts for a range of audiences, contexts and purposes
Elaborations
acting as translator between Chinese and English speakers during school events, and reflecting on the linguistic and cultural issues encountered, for example, when sister-school teachers and students visit
translating texts for a range of audiences and contexts, identifying adjustments to language choices made according social position of audience and context
comparing bilingual editions of novels and discussing how authors and translators maintain the effect of stylistic devices across languages, for example, the use of metaphor
