Content description ACLKOC198

Years 9 and 10 / Communicating / Translating / ACLKOC198

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Translate texts for differentaudiences and contexts, and reflect on how cultural values, attitudes, assumptions and world views are differentlyencoded in languages

[Key concepts: equivalence, values, representation; Key processes: reflecting, interpreting,comparing]

Elaborations

translating short texts and excerpts from a range ofinformative and literary texts, identifying cultural elements and reflecting on how they are encoded in common words orexpressions, for example, the use of family terms, titles and terms of address, and the way of answering negativequestions and of using 가다/오다 from a perspective different from that involved in using ‘go/come’ (나하고 같이 갈래요? 샘하고 같이올래요? 지금 가요! 제니가 지금 와요!), and providing additional explanation, information or exemplification
translating texts that contain cultural elements, for example, old sayings or proverbs, considering how differentlycultural values or culture-specific concepts are embedded in texts in different languages to represent same/similarideas or practices, for example, 호랑이도 제 말하면 온다 (‘speak of the devil’), 소 잃고 외양간 고친다 (‘to shut the barn door after thehorse has bolted’)
translating texts such asadvertisements, songs or film extracts, including those in online or digital form, examining the appropriateness oftranslation for specified audiences and contexts
comparing own translation with others, noticing similarities anddifferences, and reflecting on why interpretations may vary

ScOT catalogue terms

Korean language

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