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Translation Activity

Translating an informative text from English to Portuguese

Rubric Code: T23947B

By AnabelaGonc

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Subject: Foreign Languages

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Translation Activity
	Excellent Work! (N/A)	On the right track! (N/A)	Needs improvement... (N/A)
Clarity 40 pts (it is related to vocabulary use and speech command)	Excellent Work! Accurate and appropriate rendition of terminology: my text has no errors, and reflects a very good command of the text, using precise vocabulary.	On the right track! Largely accurate and appropriate rendition of terminology: my text has few errors which do not seriously affect the general meaning, and it reflects a good command of the text.	Needs improvement... My text lacks clarity entirely, revealing unawareness or ignorance of terminology.
Readability 40 pts (it is related to naturalness)	Excellent Work! My translation reads very similar to the respective text types and feels very natural in the target language.	On the right track! My translation reads similar to respective text types and feels natural in the target language.	Needs improvement... My translation continuously mixes linguistic norms from source-target languages and appears to have been written in some sort of third language.
Accuracy 30 pts (it is related to content and meaning)	Excellent Work! My translation reflects accurately the content of the source text with no omission or additions to information.	On the right track! My translation reflects adequately the content of the source text with a few unnecessary alterations, omissions and/or additions.	Needs improvement... My translation contains profound, unwarranted deviations from the source text.
Scope 30 pts (it is related to the function of the text)	Excellent Work! My text preserves the cultural needs and characteristics of the intended recipients.	On the right track! My text preserves some cultural needs and characteristics of the intended recipients.	Needs improvement... My text gives no consideration to genre-specific characteristics and cultural characteristics.
Creativity 30 pts (it is related to solving problems respecting the target language)	Excellent Work! I have excellent sensitivity to nuances of meaning, which allows me to always come up with very adequate and creative translating options.	On the right track! I have some sensitivity to nuances of meaning, which allows me to come up with adequate and creative translating options.	Needs improvement... I have no sensitivity to nuances of meaning.
Problem Solving 30 pts (it is related to solving problems and avoiding literal translation)	Excellent Work! My text clearly reveals my skills in solving problems by having a very dynamic approach to translation.	On the right track! My text clearly reveals my skills in solving problems by having a dynamic approach to translation.	Needs improvement... My text doesn’t reveal my skills in solving problems by having a dynamic approach to translation.

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