Multiple Voices in the Translation Classroom: Activities, tasks and projects (Benjamins Translation Library, BTL 54)

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by  Maria Gonzalez Davies

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Volume54
MultipleVoicesintheTranslationClassroom:Activities,tasksandprojects
byMariaGonzálezDavies
Multiple Voices in the
Translation Classroom
Activities, tasks and projects
Maria González Davies
UniversityofVic
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Table of contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Whythisbook? 5
Whoisthisbookfor? 6
Howtousethisbook 7
PartI. Thetraining:Aninteractionbetweenthestudent,
theteacherandthesubject 9
Chapter1
Translationtrainingbroughtuptodate 11
1.1 Theapproach:
Seekingalternativestothe“ReadandTranslate”directive 11
1.2 Thedesign:Classroomdynamics 15
1.3 Theprocedures:Activities,tasksandprojects 19
Activity1.Ten-MinuteTranslations 22
Task1.Mindmaps:Proverbsandfixedexpressions 23
AuthenticProject1.Collaborativelearningonthewebsite 30
1.4 Evaluating 31
Chapter2
Fromforeignlanguagelearnertotranslator 35
2.1 Theinteractingteacherandstudent 35
2.2 Theundergraduatestage:Layingthefoundations 39
PartII. Translationprocedures:Tacklingthetask 43
Chapter1
Startingpoints:Thinkingabouttranslation 45
Activity2.Thetranslator’srole 45
Activity3.Anassignment:
Note-takingforasynthetictranslation 46
1.1 Translationandlinguistics 47
Activity4.Illustratingcultures 48
Activity5.Glossaries:Terminologybuilding 49
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Activity6.CanLewisCarrollbetranslated? 51
Activity7.LittleRedRidingHood:
Onestory,differentapproaches 56
Task2.Hamlet:Updatingatextthroughtranslation 58
Task3.Ajobinterview:Adaptingyourcurriculumvitae 59
Activity8.Changingchannels:Trafficsignsandcellphones 61
Activity9.Bilingualdialogues:Code-switching 63
Activity10.Minisagas:Fairytaleswithadifference 63
Task4.Reflectivetranslationpaper:
Cantranslationexpectationsbefulfilled? 64
Activity11.What’sinaname(Proper)? 67
Activity12.Memorablesentences 69
Activity13.Greetings–Towhom? 71
Task5.¡Ay,Carmela! 72
Activity14.TheMabinogion:Who’sthereader? 75
Task6.Translatingamedicaltextforanewspaper 77
1.2 Translationandculturalstudies 78
Task7.Mindmaps:Visualising,spottingandsolvingdifferences 82
Task8.Whosefoodanddrink? 84
Task9.TransferringmiscellaneousculturalreferencesI 86
Task10.Exposuretotranslationoptions:SharinganE-list 91
Task11.TransferringmiscellaneousculturalreferencesII 94
Task12.OursorTheirs?AliceinWonderlandby...LewisCarroll? 96
Activity15.Questioningimages 101
Task13.Chicanas:Crossingtheborder 103
Activity16.Who’swho:Literatureformenorforwomen? 105
1.3 Degreesoffidelity:Howfaithfulcanyoube? 112
Activity17.Arewetalkingaboutthesamedrawing? 113
Activity18.Mistranslations 115
Activity19.Backtranslation:Howfaithfulcanyoube? 123
Activity20.Punsinads 124
Task15.TreasureIsland:Insearchoftheoriginalmanuscript 125
Chapter2
Learningthroughreflecting,communicatingandtranslating 129
2.1 Selectingtheaims:Activities 129
Activity21.Wordstars:Warminguptotranslation 129
Activity22.What’sinatranslation? 130
Translationcompetence:Aptitudes 131
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2.1.1 Linguisticskills 133
Activity23.Ads:Adepartmentstoreinalphabeticalorder 133
Activity24.Collocations:Tacklingnegativetransfer 134
Activity25.Falsefriends:NoughtsandCrosses 135
Activity26.Choosingtheappropriateword 137
Activity27.Fastthinking:Stop! 139
Activity28.Synonymsandcontext 140
Activity29.Synonymsandaccuracy 142
Activity30.TVAdvertising 142
Activity31.Connectors 143
Activity32.Contrastingverbtenses 144
Activity33.Thearticle 146
Activity34.Mr.Bean’sexamination:
Gerunds,infinitivesandprepositions 147
Activity35.Gappedtranslation:
Movingawayfromanidealmodel 148
Activity36.Turndownthevolume 149
Activity37.Identifyingthespeaker 149
2.1.2 Encyclopedicknowledge:
Discussingbeyondthedictionary 152
Task16.Whatisacataract? 152
Activity38.Crosswordofaspecifictopic 156
Activity39.OraltranslationI:Medicine 157
Activity40.OraltranslationII:Games 158
Activity41.Listenandguess 159
Activity42.What’scooking? 160
Activity43.Games:Fromonelanguagetoanother 161
Activity44.Theidiomsgame 162
Activity45.Quickvocabularylists 164
Activity46.Currentaffairsquiz 165
Activity47.Tourism:Goingplaces 166
Activity48.Specialisedtranslationontape 167
2.1.3 Transferenceskills.Usingstrategiestobridgelanguages
andculturesprofessionally 167
Activity49.Bilingualchainwords:Code-switching 169
Activity50.Deverbalizeandparaphrase 169
Activity51. Explorers 170
Activity52.Filmtitles:Isthisthesamefilm? 171
Activity53.Gisttranslation 172
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Activity54.Reversedictation 173
Activity55.Severallanguages,onetranslation 175
Activity56.Bilingualjumbledtexts 176
Activity57.Listenandrecall(Whisperinginterpretation) 177
Activity58.One-minutetranslations 177
Activity59.Filmshadowingandtranslating 178
Activity60.Accordiontranslation 179
Activity61.Dubbing 180
Activity62.Jigsawviewing 181
Task17.What’sinadictionary?Introducingbasic
resourcingskills 182
Activity63.Persuasion:
Spottingandcorrectingmistranslations 187
Activity64.Synthetictranslation 188
Task18.Noticingtranslationproblemsandexploringsolutions 190
Activity65.Sortingoutthemessage 196
Activity66.(Monitored)Sighttranslation 198
Activity67.Peerediting 198
Activity68.Text-checking 199
Activity69.Note-taking 201
Activity70.Jigsawtranslation 201
Task19.Introducingwordplayandhumour 202
2.2 Sequencingtheactivities:Tasks 207
Task20.Humourasareflectionofculturalstereotypes:Asterix 207
Task21.Fantasy:Horror 208
Task22.Foodanddrinkexchanges 211
Task23.TextandContext 213
2.3 Linkingtheactivitiesandtasks.Projects:
Movingoutsidetheclassroom 216
Translationcompetence:Attitude 217
Project2.TranslatingacalendarforanNGO:
TheGuatemalaproject 218
Project3.Translatingchildren’sliteratureontheweb 220
FinalThoughts 224
Glossary 227
Notes 235
Referencesandfurtherreading 237
Index 257
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Acknowledgments
This book is dedicatedto the twopeople who firstbelievedin mywork,Phil
BanksandAlanDuff.
Special thanks also go to Mike Maudsley, Michèle Pereira, Robin Rycroft
and Suzanne Clack from the Escola d’Idiomes Moderns at the University of
Barcelona,whereitallbegan.
Iamalsoverygratefultoallthosewhohavereadthemanuscriptandof-
feredmanyusefulcomments:EugeneNida,LawrenceVenuti,SheilaWaldeck,
MarthaTennent,RosaTirado,MontseCatalà,MaríaLuzCelayaandPilarGo-
dayol.Iwouldalsoliketoexpressmythankstothetwoanonymousreviewers
ofthisvolumefortheiradvice,aswellastoXusUgarteandLucreciaKeimfor
theFrenchandGermanversionsoftheactivities.Iamalsoindebtedtotheen-
thusiasmandgenerouscollaborationofmystudents,andtothesupportofmy
colleaguesattheFacultatdeCiènciesHumanes,TraduccióiDocumentacióatthe
UniversityofVic.
My greatest debt is to my family, especially Josep Enric, Carlos, Juan,
Fermín and my father, for their encouragementand support, and for under-
standingaboutthetimewecouldhavespenttogether.