1. A guide to translation into TL for AQA GCSE
S.Barfoot

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7. Sample answers Read the sample answers provided.
Is there anything noteworthy in the responses?

8. The art of translation…..
1. Annotate tenses:
PRESENT
PAST
PAST
CONDITIONAL
PAST
FUTURE
PRESENT
TENSES

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2. Translate verbs + highlight 2nd verbs:
I get on with = ich verstehe mich mit
We went = ich bin gegangen
We swam = wir sind / haben geschwommen
I will go = ich werde gehen
I would like to be = ich möchte sein
I do not like = ich mag nicht
TENSES 9

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3. Identify clauses:
SENTENCE STRUCTURE

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4. Locate and translate connectives – ask yourself if any affect word order…..
CONNECTIVES

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5. Find sentences which start with something other than the ‘subject’ of the verb and consider word order
SENTENCE STARTERS

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5. Trigger words (dative / genetive cases)
CASES

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1. Tenses - annotate
2. Translate verbs – think 2nd verbs
3. Clauses
4. Locate connectives – think: word order
Sentence starters – think: word order
mit / zu / nach etc – think endings

15. The art of translation…..
1. Tenses - annotate
2. Translate verbs – think 2nd verbs
3. Clauses
4. Locate connectives – think: word order
Sentence starters – think: word order
mit / zu / nach etc – think endings
Break down the paragraph into the individual clauses and translate slowly and carefully!

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Translate individual clauses…..
I get on very well with my brother
Ich verstehe mich sehr gut mit meinem Bruder.
We went last year to Spain together
Wir sind letztes Jahr zusammen nach Spanien gefahren
We swam in the sea
Wir sind im Meer geschwommen

17. The art of translation…..
We ate in many restaurants Wir haben in vielen Restaurants gegessen Next September I will go to another school Nächsten September werde ich zu einer neuen / anderen Schule gehen In the future I would like to be a doctor In Zukunft möchte ich Arzt werden Although I don’t like biology obwohl ich Biologie nicht mag

18. Teaching the skills and grammar
Start early

19. Teaching the skills and grammar
Start early
ich ______e
du ______st
er ______t
sie ______t
man ______t
wir ______en
Sie ______en
sie ______en
ihr ______t

20. Teaching the skills and grammar

21. Teaching the skills and grammar

22. Teaching the skills and grammar

23. Teaching the skills and grammar
Literacy Coding

24. Teaching the skills and grammar
I go regularly to the beach in
order to swim
Ich gehen regelmaßig zum
strand, um zu swimmen ag
acc C sp

25. Teaching the skills and grammar

26. Translation from TL to English

27. Translation from TL to English
Common idiom is key……..
J’ai onze ans = I have 11 years
Comment t’appelles-tu? = How do yourself call you?
Je suis de taille moyenne = I am of size medium
Il porte un t-shirt bleu = He wears a t-shirt blue
Il adore aller au centre de sport = he loves to go to the centre of sport
Le sac de ma mère = the bag of my mum

28. Translation from TL to English
Teach the literal and the idiomatic meaning from the start, so that students realise how language is not about word by word translation.
Create ‘naughty’ sentences which don’t follow the rules so you can address misconceptions
e.g. I always go to town at the weekend……
Je toujours aller en ville à le weekend……
Deconstruct texts (readings and listenings) whenever possible.

29. Translation from TL to English