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Hindi / Year 9 and 10 / Communicating / Translating
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Compare translations and interpretations of literary, community and social media texts, including those that mix Hindi and English words, expressions and sentence structures
[Key concepts: code-mixing, code-switching, hybridity, recast; Key processes: analysing, exemplifying, discussing]
(ACLHIC080)
Elaborations
- identifying and translating texts produced within the media and entertainment industry that use ‘Hinglish’ for different purposes, for example, Life ho to aisi!, Youngistaan ka wow!
- exploring the language of Bollywood by translating short excerpts that include code-mixing and code-switching between languages and dialects
- critically evaluating the accuracy and effectiveness of subtitles used in movies, video clips and documentaries, identifying examples of ‘meaning lost in translation’
- translating parts of conversations recorded between family and friends that involve the mixing of Hindi and English, discussing the relationship between code switching and domains of use
- considering challenges involved in translating texts by contemporary poets and songwriters who incorporate English words or stylistic features into their texts
- identifying how translation sometimes involves literal exchange of word-for-word meaning, sometimes involves interpreting and expressing meaning in appropriate forms, and sometimes involves cultural meaning that cannot be translated
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Hindi language