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Sight Translation Elements of ST & Fast Reading Strategies ( lecture 2+3) Hala Ghanim. Element Skills of Sight Translation. Sight translation is an oral translation of a written text. Conversation Written language Wide range of vocabulary Ability to paraphrase Prediction :
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Sight TranslationElements of ST &Fast Reading Strategies( lecture 2+3)HalaGhanim
ElementSkills of Sight Translation Sight translation is an oral translation of a written text. • Conversation • Written language • Wide range of vocabulary • Ability to paraphrase • Prediction: • Good public speaking • Mental ability and flexibility
Reading Comprehension • Sight translation requires that you have “the ability to comprehend written the text”. • The most key reading skills are: - Skimming - Scanning
Examples of Skimming • The Newspaper – to quickly get the general news of the day • Magazines – to quickly discover which articles you would like to read in more detail
Business and Travel Brochures – to quickly get informed • Skimming a book before buying it
Examples of Scanning • Google search list on the internet • bus / airplane/ movie schedule • Conference/ television guide • graph
How to Scan • First look at how the author organizes his information • Look for bold faces, italics, different sized fonts, proper names, dates and Key words
Conclusion • Elements of ST • Reading comprehension is very important for sight translation • Skimming