Class 37

INSTITUTOESPECIALIZADODENIVELSUPERIOR
CENTROCULTURALSALVADOREÑOAMERICANO
Misión Institucional:
Formar profesionales en educación competentes, innovadores, con altos valores éticos y sensibilidad social, a través de la aplicación de procesos académicos y tecnológicos de
calidad que respondan a las exigencias, desafíos actuales y futuros.
Instructor: Lic. Samuel Fernández
Date: Friday, May 15th, 2015
Class # 36

Unit 3: Introduction to the translating
process.
Achievement Indicator:
To compare two versions of the same information.

AGENDA
Activity #1: Recalling previous learning
Activity #2: Introduction to the translating process
Activity #3: Wrapping up

Activity 1: Recalling Previous Learning
Purpose of the activity: To describe the importance of
parallelism.
Instructions:
1. Work in pairs.
2. Describe the importance of parallelism when
making a translation.
3. Share the most important information with the
class.

Language functions and structures for activity #1:
1. Word order is important because
___________________________________
2. Accuracy is about
___________________________________
3. Details are identified by answering the questions
___________________________________
4. Quality refers to
___________________________________
5. Parallelism is related to
___________________________________

Activity #2: Introduction to the translating process.
Purpose of the activity: To describe the basics of the
translation process.
Instructions:
1. Work in pairs.
2. Read the information on the next slide.
3. Take notes.
4. Describe the basics of the translating process.
5. Share the most important information with the
class.

Translation Step by Step
Being bilingual is not enough to be a translator.
There are three facts you need to know about translation:
1. Accuracy
2. Quality
3. Details

Accuracy
1. Please watch the video.
2. Take notes
1. When referring to accuracy
we refer to the exact
message to be
transmitted. In order to be
accurate we need to pay
attention to the audience
in order to adapt the
message to their cultural
background.
Taken from: Peter N. (2010) Manual de Traducción. Spain Page 217.

Quality
1. Please read the following
excerpt:
Este calor invita a la pereza.
This heat invites to the lazyness.
In this weather I feel lazy.
1. Quality is basically related
to the elements to be
included in the translation.
This is related to the
structures, lexicon and
intention of the
information to be
translated.

Details
It is important to pay
attention to the details in a
text because details are used
to support the information
presented.
The man standing at the
door.
El hombre que estaba junto
a la puerta.
In order to identify details you
need to look for the answers
to the questions:
When, where, how, why, who,
what.

Word order
English is not a language is not a language noted for the
flexibility of its word order.
A word out of place can easily alter the meaning, or lead to
ambiguity.
This is the reason why we need to be careful when making a
translation.
Let´s study the following examples:

Vocabulary:
Fizzle
Syn: Fall down or fail.

Example No. 1
Niall Quinn, the 6ft 4in Arsenal center-forward, almost scored
within seconds of taking the field in the 79th minute. But the chance
fizzled away off Quinn’s left boot.
The word “almost” is correctly placed; if it had been shifted
slightly forward, the meaning would have been quiet different:
“scored almost within minutes”

Example No. 1
Niall Quinn, the 6ft 4in Arsenal center-forward, almost scored
within seconds of taking the field in the 79th minute. But the chance
fizzled away off Quinn’s left boot.
El arsenal delantero de 6 pies y 4 pulgadas (1.95 m.) Niall Quinn,
casi golea a pocos segundos de ingresar al campo en el minuto 79. Sin
embargo su oportunidad se desvaneció.

Example No. 2
Leisure parks, gardens and wildlife centers were also popular
with tourists to Britain last year, while visits to museums, galleries
and historic buildings slumped. One of the worst places affected by
fewer visitors was the Royal Academy.
In this paragraph, the word “worst” should have come after “places”,
not before.

Example No. 2
Leisure parks, gardens and wildlife centers were also popular
with tourists to Britain last year, while visits to museums, galleries
and historic buildings slumped. One of the worst places affected by
fewer visitors was the Royal Academy.
Los parques de recreo, jardines y las reservas naturales
también fueron frecuentados para los turistas que visitaron Gran
Bretaña el año pasado, mientras que las visitas a museos, galerías y
edificios históricos disminuyó. Uno de los peores lugares afectados
por las bajas visitas fue la Academia Real.

Parallelism
Have you ever been on a flight when an attendant asked you to move
your seat to help balance the aircraft? If the attendants didn't do this,
the plane would probably still fly, but you'd be in for a rough flight.
A sentence without parallel structure is like an imbalanced aircraft; it'll
get you from point A to point B, but no one's going to congratulate the
pilot when it lands.

Karla´s information
• Our body is compounded by 206 bones and each has its own function,
like the ribs as a shield of our lungs, like the skull as a cave of our brain,
and so on. The osseous system produces many components that help
itself to keep everything well.

Examples:
Deep-fried Oreos are delicious but bad nutrition.
Deep-fried oreos are delicious but not nutritious.

Reference and meaning
Thanks to its experience, modernly
equipped plants and expert staff this electronics
firm satisfies the need of both home and foreign
buyers. Its appearance on the world market and
ever more firm business arrangements it
concludes thanks to capital investment make it
ever more prominent.

Reference and meaning
Thanks to its experience, modernly equipped plants and expert staff, this
electronics firm satisfies the need of both home and foreign buyers. Its
appearance on the world market and ever more firm business arrangements it
concludes thanks to capital investment make it ever more prominent.
Gracias a su experiencia, sus plantas modernamente
equipadas, y su equipo de expertos, esta empresa de electrónicos
satisface tanto las necesidades de compradores/clientes locales como
extranjeros. Su presencia en el mercado mundial y el logro de más
alianzas empresariales ratifican su prestigio gracias a su inversión de
capital.

Exercise No. 5
1. Conservatives, unlike their opponents, welcome opposition which
is good for the democratic system.
2. Peking’s proposals look reasonable enough today, but there can be
no guarantee it will stick to them after sovereignty is transferred.
3. The government makes little effort to tap European Community
Funds for training women because they discriminate against men,
according to the Department of Employment.

Coherence
The situation when the parts
of something fit together in a natural
or reasonable way; each part is
connected to one another.
Example: There was no coherence
between the first and the second
part of the movie.
Taken from: Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. IV Edition.
Cohesion
Formally united
parts of a paragraph that
follow a structure.
Basically coherence is related to the sequence of the message,
while cohesion to the grammar structures used to link the text.

Let’s analyze:
Cohesion describes the way in which a text is tied together by linguistic
devices, such as And so we see . . . , Additionally . . . , Therefore . . . ,
However . . . and On the other hand . . .
A text has coherence if its constituent sentences follow on one from the
other in an orderly fashion so that the reader can make sense of the
entire text.
Coherence means that the text is easy to read and understand because
the text follows a certain kind of logical order and the organization of
ideas is systematical and logical.

A text can be cohesive through the use of the following devices:
1. Repetition.
2. Synonymy. If direct repetition is too obvious, use a synonym of the
word you wish to repeat. This strategy is call 'elegant variation.'
3. Antonymy. Using the 'opposite' word, an antonym, can also create
sentence cohesion, since in language antonyms actually share more
elements of meaning than you might imagine.
4. Parallelism. Repeat a sentence structure. This technique is the oldest,
most overlooked, but probably the most elegant method of creating
cohesion.
5. Transitions. Use a conjunction or conjunctive adverb to link sentences
with particular logical relationships.

Exercise No. 6
The Mozart effect
Researchers in the early 1990s conducted an experiment that measured the effect of listening
to Mozart on the IQ of college students. Their research found that the music had a slight positive
impact on IQ, though this increase was temporary. Subsequently, a man named Don Campbell wrote a
book stating that listening to Mozart would make children smarter.
Some argue that the ideas presented in his book overstated the original researchers’ findings.
Even so, the media widely reported on the book’s claims and called it the “Mozart effect”. When
people learned about the Mozart effect, many things happened: some hospitals started giving the
parents of newborns a free classical music CD, and some preschool were required to play classical
music every day.
A few scientists support the idea that listening to music can have an impact on one’s IQ, but
others are skeptical. They say that hearing Mozart while you work may improve your performance on
specific tasks, but only if you enjoy the music. Other researchers have claimed that listening to the
music may actually decrease performance. Even so, you’ll still hear of parents who plan to expose
their babies to classical music as they grow.
Listening to classical music may not improve one’s intelligence in a significant way for the
long-term, but everyone can agree that it helps you to relax. One thing is certain: more research is
needed to find out the truth about the Mozart effect.

Exercise No. 6
The Mozart effect
Researchers in the early 1990s conducted an experiment that
measured the effect of listening to Mozart on the IQ of college students.
Their research found that the music had a slight positive impact on IQ,
though this increase was temporary. Subsequently, a man named Don
Campbell wrote a book stating that listening to Mozart would make children
smarter.
Some argue that the ideas presented in his book overstated the
original researchers’ findings. Even so, the media widely reported on the
book’s claims and called it the “Mozart effect”. When people learned about
the Mozart effect, many things happened: some hospitals started giving the
parents of newborns a free classical music CD, and some preschool were
required to play classical music every day.

Exercise No. 6
The Mozart effect
A few scientists support the idea that listening to music
can have an impact on one’s IQ, but others are skeptical. They say
that hearing Mozart while you work may improve your
performance on specific tasks, but only if you enjoy the music.
Other researchers have claimed that listening to the music may
actually decrease performance. Even so, you’ll still hear of parents
who plan to expose their babies to classical music as they grow.
Listening to classical music may not improve one’s
intelligence in a significant way for the long-term, but everyone can
agree that it helps you to relax. One thing is certain: more research
is needed to find out the truth about the Mozart effect.

Activity #3: Wrapping up
Purpose of the activity: To describe the translation process step by
step .
Instructions:
1. Work in pairs.
2. Describe what the translation process step by step.
4. Use the language functions and structures provided.
5. Share your ideas with the class.

Language functions and structures for activity #3:
1. The process to make a better translation is
___________________________________
2. The three elements to be considered when
making a translation are
___________________________________
3. What I learned today is
___________________________________

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