Task 3 collaborative activity 1 group-25
- 1. TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES UNIT 1: TASK 3 - COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY 1 JEFFERSON DAVID MELO GUERRERO CODE: 1’057.892.569 COURSE CODE: 551037_25 TUTOR: KELLY MARITZA FAJARDO UNIVERSIDAD NACIONALABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA (UNAD) LICENCIATURA EN INGLES COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA CEAD – TUNJA 2018
- 2. TASK 1. TRANSLATION PARAGRAPH # 5 Although Smart Technology is still in its infancy, pilot schemes to promote and test it are already underway. Consumers are currently testing the new smart meters which can be used in their homes to manage electricity use. There are also a number of demonstrations being planned to show how the smart technology could practically work, and trials are in place to test the new electrical infrastructure. It is likely that technology will be added in 'layers', starting with 'quick win' methods which will provide initial carbon savings, to be followed by more advanced systems at a later date. Cities are prime candidates for investment into smart energy, due to the high population density and high energy use. It is here where Smart Technology is likely to be promoted first, utilizing a range of sustainable power sources, transport solutions and an infrastructure for charging electrically powered vehicles. The infrastructure is already changing fast. By the year 2050, changes in the energy supply will have transformed our homes, our roads and our behavior.
- 3. A pesar que la inteligente tecnología todavía está en su infancia, los planes piloto para promoverla y probarla ya están en forma. Consumidores actualmente están probando los nuevos medidores inteligentes que se pueden usar en sus hogares para administrar el uso de la electricidad. También se está planificando una serie de demostraciones para mostrar cómo la tecnología inteligente podría funcionar prácticamente, y se están realizando pruebas para probar la nueva infraestructura eléctrica. Es probable que la tecnología se agregue en "capas", comenzando con los métodos de "beneficio rápido" que inicialmente proporcionarán ahorro de carbono, que serán seguidos por avanzados sistemas en una fecha más tarde. Las ciudades son los principales candidatos para la inversión en energía inteligente, debido a la alta densidad de población y al alto uso de energía. Es aquí donde es probable que primero se promocione la tecnología inteligente, que utiliza una gama de recursos de energía sostenibles, soluciones de transporte y una infraestructura para cargar vehículos eléctricos. La infraestructura ya está cambiando rápidamente. Para el año 2050, los cambios en el suministro de energía habrán transformado nuestros hogares, nuestros caminos y nuestro comportamiento. TRANSLATION
- 4. My vocabulary is not perfect, but I think I have a good knowledge of vocabulary, and this allowed me to understand the general idea of the text, and translate most of it, however I have difficulties with some words, and for this reason I could not understand some sentences of the text, sometimes to translate a word incorrectly, this can alter the meaning of the whole sentence, and the understanding of the text would be incorrect, for this reason it's important to strengthen my knowledge with techniques, that allow me to improve the handling of aspects like prepositions, nouns and adjectives, forming simple sentences with the correctly structuring the order of the grammar rules helped me to make the translation easier, another technique that helped me, it was to identify the language of the text, for example: (scientific, literary, technical ... ), in this case it was very helpful for me to adapt the words that were strange to me, with the development of this activity, my grammar and vocabulary are strengthened, and my difficulty to translate decreases. TASK 2. REFLECTION
- 5. TASK 3. CHART CONCEPT DIFFERENCE EXAMPLE METHOD Method is a way something is done. A method is a way (procedure, planned steps) for doing something (concrete) in accordance with a definite plan. A method could be described step by step. When we need to translate a text, we can use the method of: Word- for-word translation: Keep the order of the phrase, translate the words one by one taking their most common meaning although it is out of context, the words "cultural" are translated literally. It is very useful to learn how to translate a difficult text. STRATEGY Strategy usually requires some sort of planning. A strategy is a plan or series of maneuvers or stratagems for obtaining a specific goal or result. A strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve an overall aim. On the long term, any strategy requires some sort of science or art to be deployed. To translate a text my strategy could be: I use my previous vocabulary, to translate most of the text, then I must identify the genre or theme of the text, and unite these aspects, and in this way, I can complement the idea of the text, and get an effective translation. TECHNIQUE Technique is the manner or procedure for completing something. Any tactics requires the ability to apply methods, procedures or techniques so as to effect a desired result. Consider tactics as the actions must be done every day for completing something in the main strategy. When we need to translate a text, we can use the technique of: Adaptation, this Translation technique also known as free translation where the translator replaces a cultural or social reality in the original text with the corresponding reality in the translated text.
- 6. Feedback to Myrna's work. With respect to your translation activity, I can see that we have similarities when translating, we first use our previous knowledge of the vocabulary, and try to give the idea of the text, but I can also see some small grammatical mistakes, some people think that correct English grammar matters only to teachers and is of no real importance in daily life, this is certainly not true, the grammar, regardless of the country or the language, is the foundation for communication, when a message is relayed with the correct grammar, it is easier to understand the purpose and meaning of that message. In order to communicate, a learner should know the grammar of the language, it's important to be able to express yourself, but this should be done in a way that people find easy to understand. TASK 4. FEEDBACK