BING4321 (BING3312)

English for Translation

2nd Class : August 28, 2016

Siti Marina (Irin)

ukhtuka@gmail.com

Universitas Terbuka
Korea Selatan

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Several things to keep in mind when translating:

Meanings are not restricted by the source language patterns
Meaning should be conveyed accurately with no misinterpretation
or misleading language
Be aware of the notion register!
Ensure to not losing certainty of meaning in the source text
No free translation
Do not use everyday language
Do not look at the model answer unless you have completed each
task
Consult your dictionaries when you find problems

MODULE 2

TRANSLATING
PROSES AND NOVELS

Translating Proses
Learning Activity 1

Lets read together!

Task 1

Paragraph 1
Richard Meacock, now into the fifth day of his hunger
strike to stop the closure of Richmond skating rink in
Surrey, is steeling himself to do without his turkey and
brandy pudding this Christmas.

Languange Point :
1. Reflexives: himself, herself, ourselves, themselves,

myself, yourself

I buy this book

Me This is me

: Saya membeli buku ini

: Ini adalah saya

My This is my book : Ini adalah buku saya

Mine This book is mine

: Buku ini milik saya

Myself I buy this book for myself : Saya membeli buku ini untuk diri saya
sendiri

Lets read together!

Task 2

Paragraph 2
Someone had to do something stupid because no one was
taking the matter seriously, he said.
Language Point :
1. Past simple/Past continuous
1. Past Simple : S + V (II) + O + K
2. Past Continuous : S + To be (II) + V-ing) + O + K
REMEMBER (!) Verb II (past) and Verb III (past participle) NEVER
add -ING
Example : eat (I - present) ate (II past) eaten (III past
participle)
I was eating (OK) ; I was ateing (X) ; I was eatening (X)

Lets read together!

Task 3

Paragraph 3
Mr. Meacock, aged 51 and an art gallery owner, has been
leading a campaign to save the rink, the oldest in Britain.
Yesterday several other hunger strikers joined his bid to stop
the closure on January 5.
Language Point :
1. Present perfect continuous/Present perfect
1. Present perfect continuous : S + Has/Have + BEEN + V-ing
+O+K
2. Present perfect : S + Has/Have + V (III)

Task 6

Lets read together!

Paragraph 6

Jim Bushell, founder of another pressure group, the

Richmond Skating Defence Forum, joined Mr. Meacocks
hunger strike yesterday. Mr. Bushell, whose son Kevin is
ranked eight among British speed skaters, collected
48,000 signatures on a petition to save the rink two years
ago.

Language Point : Whose

Whose : describing subject
The girl whose shirt is white
The guy whose car is black

Task 7

Lets read together!

Paragraph 7

Every British skater of any standing has skated here

from John Hurry, Torvill and Dean to Robin Cousins. Six
thousand visitors come each week, said Mr. Meacock

Language Point : any, anything, everything

Any + Object anyone (siapapun), any car (mobil
mana saja), any street (jalan manapun)
Anything apapun
Everything
segalanya, semuanya

Task 10

Lets read together!

Paragraph 10

Both the developers and the councils legal advisers

consider they have fulfilled the reasonable efforts
requirements. LET has paid the council 2.5million
towards providing leisure activity

Language Point :Saxon genitive

Name+s : Edis This book is Edis. (Buku ini milik Edy.)
Councils legal advisor (?)
REMEMBER (!) if object end with -s, just add () and not (s)
Example : This is the princess castle (OK)
This is the princesss castle (X)

Translating Novels
Learning Activity 2

Lets read together!

Task 1

Paragraph 1
Anthony and I married late in life. We were both writers,
both rather set in our ways, and we were in no hurry to
have children. Sometimes we had tentative conversations
about the future. When we asked each other, Do you
want children? the answer seemed to be, If you do, then
I do.

Language Point :
1. rather : agaknya dibandingkan

He saw something rather curious

I prefer to meet today rather than tomorrow.
2. When Remember last class?

Lets read together!

Task 3

Paragraph 3
A few days later, I found out I was pregnant.
I was so happy, yet it still felt so unreal, so strange. Outwardly,
nothing had changed yet inside my body, a human being
would alter my whole life had started to grow. I longed to tell
Antony, yet I did not want to spoil it on a crackly line to the
Falklands when we were eight thousand miles apart.
Language Point :
Whole : seluruhnya, seutuhnya, selama
Whole vs All :
I will tell you the WHOLE story (OK) Saya akan
menceritakan semuanya
I will tell you ALL stories (X)
I have been here the whole time Saya sudah berada di sini
sejak tadi.

Task 6

Lets read together!

Paragraph 6

Wait until I get the photographs developed, he said.

That will make the story much more interesting.

Language Point :
1. Imperative

Verb + O
Example : Do, find, go, look, drink, walk

Lets read together!

Task 7

Paragraph 7
There was a pause. I thought I had better tell him before he fell
asleep; besides, if I held in the news much longer I would
burst.
Language Point :
1. Had better is intended to give advice for present/future
occasion
Had + better + V (1)
I thought I had better tell him before he fell asleep.
My mother told me that I had better marry soon.
REMEMBER (!) Had is also being used in PAST PERFECT
Pattern : S + Had + V(III) + O
. I had watched this movie long time before it aired in television last
week.
. I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.

Tips
Article: a / an
a + word begins with consonant : a book; a tree; a
story
an + word begins with vowel : an accident; an
objective
Question: A/An x-ray? A/An university?

MODULE 3

TRANSLATING
NARRATIVES

Task 1
Lets read together!
Paragraph 1
My lifes very simple. Fishing and cooking. I work a fiveday week then on Sundays and Mondays I fish. All over.
Scotland. Wales. England. I get my freedom that way. Its
just me and nature. Its me versus the Big One.

Languange Point :
1. -ing form (gerund) : Simple past tense Verb + gerund

I love cooking
I am cooking (X)
She likes fishing and cooking
I am fishing now so I can cook it later (X)
I am waiting for the bus (X)

Lets read together!

Task 2

Paragraph 2
You dont win everyday. There are days when they get better of
you and make you look like a wally and you think, God Ive
fished badly today. But you havent really. Its just that they
might have been luckier than usual.
Language Point :
1. To win/to beat
2. of
3. Comparative and superlative
young younger youngest
easy easier easiest
difficult more difficult most difficult
Pretty -- ??? -- ???
Far -- ??? -- ???
Brilliant -- ??? -- ???
Diligent --??? -- ???

Lets read together!

Task 5

Paragraph 5
Thats happened to me in January 1990 when I won my
two Michelin stars and the people I wanted to share it
with werent around anymore. So whats it worth?
Language Point :
1. To happen

Thank you

See you next

class!

Please prepare for Module 4 & 5 and

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