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Sight translation as a mixed mode combining translation and interpreting

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Description

The article defines sight translation, citing Gonzalez, Vasquez and Mikkelson (2012), as "the act of the oral translation of a written text and is a combination of translation and interp reting" — the oral reproduction in the target language of a source-language document for listeners or readers. It is widely applied in translation pedagogy, and the article treats it as a language-teaching tool as well as an interpreter-training activity. Related accounts describe it as requiring quick analysis and creative, exact recreation of a text, and as cognitively demanding.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Requires a written source-language text that the learner renders orally into the target language for receivers present in the communicative situation

Constraints

  • The article notes sight translation of texts longer than 100 words is regarded as quite challenging for interpreters

Target Learners

  • Iranian undergraduate EFL students

Learning Goals

  • Reading comprehension ability in English as a foreign language

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Moslem Fatollahi. (2016). Applying Sight Translation as a Means to Enhance Reading Ability of Iranian EFL Students. English Language Teaching, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v9n3p153
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title Sight translation as a mixed mode combining translation and interpreting
description The article defines sight translation, citing Gonzalez, Vasquez and Mikkelson (2012), as "the act of the oral translation of a written text and is a combination of translation and interp reting" — the oral reproductio...
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