TRANSLATION Students complain about having to take a language class They do not see how languages will help them beyond the classroom Other countries teach 23 foreign languages and value language learning ID: 744463
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MAKE YOUR LANGUAGE RELEVANT!
TRANSLATIONSlide2
Students complain about having to take a language class
They do not see how languages will help them beyond the classroom.
Other countries teach 2-3 foreign languages and value language learning.How to combat this?
Issues in language classesSlide3
Interpreter on the phone (Language Line)
Consecutive interpreter (law, medical)
Simultaneous interpreter (conferences $$$)Literary translator: prose, children, fictional, non-fictional
Technical translation (websites, documents0
Types of careersSlide4
Irias’ suggestion/belief:
In addition to communicative exercises, translation should be a focus. One exercise per chapter, starting level 1.
We want students to train their brains to think in the target language.What better way? Teach them how to translate.
Important: Teach them translation as a profession
TranslationSlide5
Translation games:
Hot potato
‘do you know’ with whiteboardsTranslation teams: writer, dictionary referencer, grammar guru and runner. Switch jobs every 2 successful translations.
Lower LevelsSlide6
Career Units:
Early in year,
contact ATA @ ata@atanet.org, Lauren MendellCurriculum Vitae (participles)
Cover letters (perfect tenses)
Job interviewsTranslators without borders
UPPER LEVELSSlide7
Translation scenarios
Venn Diagram
: compare https://www.atanet.org/ to national organization of TL country vs international organisations
Bloopers:
https://www.atanet.org/client_outreach/translation_bloopers.php
Google Translate video
let it go:
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bVAoVlFYf0
UPPER LEVELS