English for Translation

2
nd
Class : 14
th
of September 2014
Ryza Aditya Priatama
Universitas Terbuka
Korea Selatan
priatama07@gmail.com
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Course Introduction
Text book : English for Translation, Karnedi, Universitas Terbuka
2011 (2 different books as tutorial module and self-learning)
Tutorial module consists of 9 parts but will be cover in 8 classes.
Class 1 : Translatting Letters
Class 2 : Translating Proses, Novels and Narratives (Module 2 &3)
Class 3 : Translating Examination Report
Class 4 : Translating Process Report
Class 5 : Translating Guides
Class 6 : Translating Conversations
Class 7 : Translating History
Class 8 : Translating News1
st

Tutorial method: Online and In class
Grading Components
Task 1, Task 2, Task 3
Participation
Final Exam
Course material can be found at Google Plus and Facebook Group

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CLASS 2 (Modul 2):
TRANSLATTING PROSES & NOVELS
Several things to keep in mind when translating:

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


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LEARNING ACTIVITY 1

Translating Proses
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Task 1
Lets read together!
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





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Lets practice
I I buy this book : Saya membeli buku ini
Me This is me : 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
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Task 2
Lets read together!
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)










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Task 3
Lets read together!
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)










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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









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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









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Task 10
Lets read together!
Paragraph 10
Both the developers and the councils legal advisers conside
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)












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5-minutes break
Task 4,5,8,9

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LEARNING ACTIVITY 2

Translating Novels
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Task 1
Lets read together!
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.
Languange Point :
1. rather : agaknya dibandingkan
He saw something rather curious
I prefer to meet today rather than tomorrow.
2. When Remember last class?







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Task 3
Lets read together!
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 :
1. 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 ada disini selama ini.









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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









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Task 7
Lets read together!
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













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5-minutes break
Task 2,4,5,8,9
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?

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CLASS 2 (Modul 3):
TRANSLATTING NARATIVES
Several things to keep in mind when translating:

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


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Task 1
Lets read together!
Paragraph 1
My lifes very simple. Fishing and cooking. I work a five-day
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)





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Task 2
Lets read together!
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 --??? -- ???











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Task 5
Lets read together!
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











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Last exercise
Task 3,4,6
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