Sumários
Test Review and Practical 10 Continuation
3 Dezembro 2025, 15:30 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo
Students received their corrected tests and reviewed them in one-on-one discussions to address any questions or clarify misunderstandings. This individualized feedback session allowed students to understand their strengths and areas for improvement.
Students
were also encouraged to continue working on Practical 10 for review in our next
class. They were reminded to pay particular attention to the post-translation
commentary, in which they were asked to:
- Identify specific segments
where they applied Chesterman’s strategies and explain their choices.
- Discuss any translation
losses, unavoidable shifts, or compensation strategies they employed.
- Reflect on the overall
effectiveness of their approach and whether their initial strategy
planning aligned with the final translation.
Test Review and Practical 10 Continuation
3 Dezembro 2025, 14:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo
Students received their corrected tests and reviewed them in one-on-one discussions to address any questions or clarify misunderstandings. This individualized feedback session allowed students to understand their strengths and areas for improvement.
Students
were also encouraged to continue working on Practical 10 for review in our next
class. They were reminded to pay particular attention to the post-translation
commentary, in which they were asked to:
- Identify specific segments
where they applied Chesterman’s strategies and explain their choices.
- Discuss any translation
losses, unavoidable shifts, or compensation strategies they employed.
- Reflect on the overall
effectiveness of their approach and whether their initial strategy
planning aligned with the final translation.
Introduction to Practical 10: Translating Popular Science
26 Novembro 2025, 15:30 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo
We began by reviewing the assignment from the previous class, which involved translating a painting description into Portuguese using Chesterman’s strategies. Students shared their approaches and discussed the strategies they had employed.
Next, I
introduced Practical 10, which featured an excerpt from Don’t Look, Don’t
Touch: The Science Behind Revulsion by Valerie Curtis. Students were asked
to analyze the text’s purpose and style as a popular science piece and to
identify initial translation challenges, such as technical terminology, tone
balance, and culturally sensitive content.
Introduction to Practical 10: Translating Popular Science
26 Novembro 2025, 14:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo
We began by reviewing the assignment from the previous class, which involved translating a painting description into Portuguese using Chesterman’s strategies. Students shared their approaches and discussed the strategies they had employed.
Next, I
introduced Practical 10, which featured an excerpt from Don’t Look, Don’t
Touch: The Science Behind Revulsion by Valerie Curtis. Students were asked
to analyze the text’s purpose and style as a popular science piece and to
identify initial translation challenges, such as technical terminology, tone
balance, and culturally sensitive content.
Introduction to Chesterman’s Translation Strategies
24 Novembro 2025, 15:30 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo
In this class, we explored Andrew Chesterman’s translation strategies, focusing on local and production strategies, which include syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic approaches. We defined each strategy in terms of how it manipulates form, meaning, or message. As we discussed each strategy, we reviewed several examples of English-to-Portuguese translations to illustrate their practical application.
To
reinforce these concepts, I presented a painting accompanied by a descriptive
text. Students worked in pairs to translate the description into Portuguese,
applying at least five of Chesterman’s strategies in their translations. This
exercise helped students practice identifying and consciously employing
specific translation techniques.