Week 1: Course introduction

CHIN2750
PURPOSE OF THIS COURSE
Teach some useful translation techniques and strategies
… in a fast-changing world
… with high-quality MT (machine translation)
… with extremely clever generative AI (artificial intelligence)

Because this software is so sophisticated, it is becoming increasingly important to

demonstrate that we are able to think like humans, not like machines.
What does it mean, “to think like humans”? How are we different from machines
and software? Do we have any strengths or advantages?
FAMILIARITY WITH
BLACKBOARD AND ZOOM
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO FIND / DO THIS?
Blackboard Our team
Check how much your final exam is worth *Course coordinator: Dr Angela Cook

Check the date of your mid-semester exam Teaching team:

Find ECP on Blackboard Ms Jill Hsin-Yi Chang Chien

Find your Week 1 PPT Dr Dr Yen-Ying Lai

Find the zoom information for video Dr Chunxuan Shen

conferencing Find the staff and consultation information
Look up how to apply for deferred in “Course Staff” on Blackboard
assessment and late submission
FAMILIARITY WITH
BLACKBOARD AND ZOOM
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO FIND / DO THIS?
Blackboard Zoom for Week 5 / 8 / 11
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Find ECP on Blackboard
Send a link to your classmates
Find your Week 1 PPT
Send a file to your classmates
Find the zoom information for video
conferencing Share your screen
Find the staff and consultation information ‘Like’ something
Look up how to apply for deferred assessment
and late submission
Wear sunglasses or a party hat
Teaching Schedule
W1-4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13
Face-to-Face Workshop

Week 5/ 8/11
Zoom Video
Conferencing
Host – Dr Yen-Ying Lai
*Attendance is requred for
both F2F workshop and
video conferencing.
No recordings will be
available
WEEKLY STUDY SCHEDULE
Friday (week before): Pre-class activities
• 'Articulate' self-study module (2-5 hours)
• Pre-class exercises (1-2 hours)
• Assessable pre-class Blackboard e-task (10 mins) – Due at 5:00 pm on Friday of
the preceding week (e.g. W2 pre-class e-task is due 5:00 pm Friday W1)

Monday - Tuesday: In-class activities

• On-campus sessions or video conferences (selected weeks only) (2 hours)

Wednesday - Friday: Post-class activities

• 'Articulate' post-class module (1-2 hours)
• Post-class quiz (10 mins)
PRE-CLASS MATERIALS – W1
1. Self-study module
a) Flipped classroom
b) Introducing your lecturer
c) Housekeeping
d) Some fundamentals of translation
e) Types of translation: intralingual/interlingual/intersemiotic translation
f) Key differences between English and Chinese grammar
g) Challenge for AI: Pronouns and relative pronouns

2. Weekly exercises (Exercise 1A/1B/1C…)

3. Assessable pre-class e-task
GETTING TO KNOW EACH
OTHER
Whom are you going to meet in this course?
…
Find out something about your classmates, e.g.
• Whose family lives furthest from Beijing?
• Who has the most pets?
• Who arrived in Brisbane most recently?
• Who is doing the most unusual or interesting major?
•…
WHY DO YOU TAKE THIS
COURSE?
My holiday experience in Singapore…
 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE
TRANSALTION QUALITY?
Longest River on Earth
River Nile flows 6,650 km northwards from Central Africa
into the Mediterranean Sea. Ancient Egyptians prospered
along the river banks, where one of the world’s greatest
civilisations began. Today, over 100 million people rely on
it for their livehood.
世界上最长的河流
尼罗河长 6,650 公里，发源自中非地区，向北注入地中
海，尼罗河为古埃及民族带来了繁荣，缔造了世界四
大文明之一—古埃及文明。直到今天，尼罗河是超过 1
亿人口赖以生存的命脉。
The title of the gallary is inspired by
Singapore’s approach to the nature in the urban
environment. In the 1960s, Singapore’s
founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
lauched a plan to transform Singapore into a
garden city, replete with lush greenery. Since
then, Singapore has gone one step further,
describing itself as a ‘city in a garden’,
underlining the importance of flora and fauna
to the city’s identity.

展厅标题以新加坡在都市环境中采取的“自
然之道”为灵感来源。 1960 年代，新加坡
开国总理李光耀推出打造“花园城市”的计
划，以期让新加坡处处都是郁郁葱葱的景象。
此后，新加坡又进一步将自己描绘成“花园
中的城市”以强调动植物对其“身份特征”
的重要性。
 技巧

准确理解原文
弄清句子结构关系
选择合适词语
（注意词的搭配 / 正式与非正式）
翻译成通顺的目的语（不可改变原意）
“ 信、达、雅”
AI CHALLENGE: RELATIVE
PRONOUNS
Click the Padlet link created for each class in in-class folder on Blackboard

Who or what does "which" refer to? (1E of flipped module)

ACTIVITY 2 – PRONOUNS AND
GENDER
The doctor and her sister shouted to Jacques, but they found it hard to attract his attention.

GOOGLE: 医生和她的妹妹向雅克喊道，但他们发现很难引起他的注意。

YOUDAO: 医生和她的妹妹向雅克大喊，但她们发现很难引起他的注意。

BAIDU: 医生和她的妹妹向雅克喊道，但他们发现很难引起他的注意。
ACTIVITY 2 – PRONOUNS AND
GENDER
They gave birth.

GOOGLE: 他们生了孩子。

YOUDAO: 他们生了孩子。

BAIDU: 他们生了孩子。
ACTIVITY 2 – PRONOUNS AND
GENDER
My cousin and her husband live in California.

GOOGLE: 我的堂兄和她的丈夫住在加利福尼亚。

YOUDAO: 我的表姐和她的丈夫住在加利福尼亚。

BAIDU: 我的表姐和她的丈夫住在加利福尼亚。
ACTIVITY 2 – PRONOUNS AND
GENDER
My cousin, who was in my year at school despite having been supposed to be a grade below me, lives
with her husband in California.

GOOGLE: 我的表姐和她的丈夫住在加利福尼亚，尽管她应该比我低一个年级，但她在学校上了
我一年级。

YOUDAO: 我的表姐和她的丈夫住在加州，她和我是一个年级的学生，尽管她本应该比我低一个
年级。

BAIDU: 我的表姐在我上学的那一年，尽管被认为比我低一年级，但她和丈夫住在加利福尼亚州。
ACTIVITY 2 – PRONOUNS AND
GENDER
The florist says that Sam often comes into her shop, but he never buys her flowers.

GOOGLE: 花商说萨姆经常光顾她的店，但他从不买她的花。

YOUDAO: 花店老板说萨姆经常到她的店里来，但他从来不给她买花。

BAIDU: 花店老板说山姆经常来她的店里，但他从不给她买花。
ACTIVITY 2 – PRONOUNS AND
GENDER
People like Biden, and many of them voted for him in 2020.

GOOGLE: 人们喜欢拜登，他们中的许多人在 2020 年投票给他。

YOUDAO: 人们喜欢拜登，他们中的许多人在 2020 年投票给他。

BAIDU: 人们喜欢拜登，其中许多人在 2020 年投票支持他。

ACTIVITY 3 – ENGLISH VS.
CHINESE GRAMMAR
1. Parties are held everywhere on this beach when the weather is nice.
2. 天公作美时，这片海滩上到处都是聚会。
3. Viruses are widely believed to be transmitted through blood or other body fluids.
4. 普遍认为病毒会通过血液或其他体液来传播。
ACTIVITY 3 – ENGLISH VS.
CHINESE GRAMMAR
1. It’s quite late now, so I’d better go.
2. 太晚了，我得走了 .
3. Matter is composed of molecules that are composed of atoms.
4. 物质是由分子组成的，分子是由原子组成的。
ACTIVITY 3 – ENGLISH VS.
CHINESE GRAMMAR
1. Tea is drunk widely all over the world.
2. 世界各地的人们都喝茶。
3. Viruses are widely believed to be transmitted through blood or other body fluids.
4. 普遍认为病毒会通过血液或其他体液来传播。
ACTIVITY 3 – ENGLISH VS.
CHINESE GRAMMAR
1. The many colours of a rainbow range from red on the outside to violet on the inside.
彩虹有多种颜色，外圈红，内圈紫。
2. If you want to stay in shape, just simply cut down on your consumption of fat and sugar.
如果你想保持好身材，只要减少脂肪和糖分的摄入量即可。
ACTIVITY 3 – ENGLISH VS.
CHINESE GRAMMAR
1.This is George, whose brother went to the same university with me.
这是乔治，他弟弟跟我上同一所大学。
2. I borrowed three monographs from the library last week, one of which is really beyond me.
我上周从图书馆借了三本专著，其中一本我完全看不懂。
EXAMPLE FROM FINAL EXAM
Business text - Translation

Context (do not translate): Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive of UK think tank New Economics Foundation, told the BBC the
figures were in line with what was expected “which is a big bounce as the restrictions were eased and the economy starts going back to
normal”.

Text to be translated: But underneath this is probably going to be a story of two halves - the GDP numbers tell us the economy is
recovering, but it’s likely to be uneven, with the bounceback driven by parts of the economy that have essentially been insulated from the
worst parts of the pandemic, and other parts of the economy - those with no work, or small businesses - really, really struggling,
particularly as the government starts removing some support going into the autumn.

Baidu: 但在这背后，很可能是一个由两部分组成的故事 -GDP 数据告诉我们，经济正在复苏，但很可能是不平衡的，反弹是由

经济中基本上与疫情最严重部分隔绝的部分推动的，而经济中的其他部分 - 那些没有工作的人或小企业 - 真的、真的在挣扎，尤
其是政府开始在秋季取消一些支持。

Google: 但在这背后可能是一个两半的故事——国内生产总值数据告诉我们经济正在复苏，但它可能是不平衡的，反弹是由
基本上不受经济最糟糕部分影响的部分经济驱动的 大流行病和经济的其他部分——那些没有工作的人或小企业——真的、真的
在苦苦挣扎，尤其是在政府开始取消一些支持进入秋季的时候。

Youdao: 但在这背后可能是一个一分为二的故事—— GDP 数据告诉我们，经济正在复苏，但它可能是不平衡的，经济反弹的

驱动因素是那些基本上与大流行最严重的部分绝缘的部分，而其他经济领域——那些没有工作的人，或小企业——真的，真的
很挣扎，尤其是政府开始在秋季取消一些支持。
EXAMPLE FROM S1 FINAL
EXAM
Context (do not translate): Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive of UK think
tank New Economics Foundation, told the BBC the figures were in line with what
was expected “which is a big bounce as the restrictions were eased and the
economy starts going back to normal”.

Text to be translated: But underneath this is probably going to be a story of

two halves - the GDP numbers tell us the economy is recovering, but it’s likely to
be uneven, with the bounceback driven by parts of the economy that have
essentially been insulated from the worst parts of the pandemic, and other parts
of the economy - those with no work, or small businesses - really, really
struggling, particularly as the government starts removing some support going
into the autumn.
EXAMPLE FROM FINAL EXAM
Business text - Translation

Baidu: 但在这背后，很可能是一个由两部分组成的故事 -GDP 数据告诉我们，经济正在复苏，

但很可能是不平衡的，反弹是由经济中基本上与疫情最严重部分隔绝的部分推动的，而经济中
的其他部分 - 那些没有工作的人或小企业 - 真的、真的在挣扎，尤其是政府开始在秋季取消一些
支持。

Google: 但在这背后可能是一个两半的故事——国内生产总值数据告诉我们经济正在复苏，
但它可能是不平衡的，反弹是由基本上不受经济最糟糕部分影响的部分经济驱动的 大流行病和
经济的其他部分——那些没有工作的人或小企业——真的、真的在苦苦挣扎，尤其是在政府开
始取消一些支持进入秋季的时候。

Youdao: 但在这背后可能是一个一分为二的故事—— GDP 数据告诉我们，经济正在复苏，但

它可能是不平衡的，经济反弹的驱动因素是那些基本上与大流行最严重的部分绝缘的部分，而
其他经济领域——那些没有工作的人，或小企业——真的，真的很挣扎，尤其是政府开始在秋
季取消一些支持。
PREPARATION FOR W2
Review the W1 PPT (see ‘Review’ version in the Post-class folder)
Analyse the structure and meaning of the EXAMPLE FROM FINAL EXAM (slides 21-23)
Add reasons for selecting the correct answer to the ‘which’ example sentences in the W1 Padlet
Do the W1 Post-class Revision Articulate self-study module
Complete Post-class Bb Exercise 1 (formative)
Do all the W2 Pre-class ‘Flipped Classroom’ Articulate self-study module in preparation for your …
W2 Pre-class E-task (due Friday)

Exercises & E-tasks:

- some MCQ (multiple choice questions)
- some MAQ (multiple answer questions)