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Chinese / Year 9 and 10 / Communicating / Translating
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Create bilingual texts for a range of audiences, contexts and purposes
[Key concepts: audience, context, social distance; Key processes: identifying, translating, interpreting]
(ACLCHC253)
Elaborations
- acting as translator between Chinese and English speakers during school events, and reflecting on the linguistic and cultural issues encountered, for example, when sister-school teachers and students visit
- translating texts for a range of audiences and contexts, identifying adjustments to language choices made according social position of audience and context
- comparing bilingual editions of novels and discussing how authors and translators maintain the effect of stylistic devices across languages, for example, the use of metaphor
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Bilingual texts, Chinese languages