NUEVAS TECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y LA COMUNICACIÓN APLICADAS A ENSEÑANZA-APRENDIZAJE

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ASSIGNMENT 8:

FINDING RESOURCES ON THE WEB

Paula García

Máster en Lingüística Inglesa: Nuevas Aplicaciones y Comunicación Internacional

UCM Curso académico: 12/13

Atril del traductor

• http://cvc.cervantes.es/aula/el_atril/default.asp

Learn translation techniques.

Access exercises.

Real time virtual classes and workshops.

European Union Resources

• http://ec.europa.eu/translation/spanish/spanish_es.htm

Access multiple resources, dictionaries, institutional pages.

Classified and updated comprehensive list of resources.

British Council Teaching Materials

• http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/talk/questions/use-translation

Resources to teach English using translation activities.

Links to lesson plans, activities and tips from other teachers.

Proz

• http://www.proz.com/about/overview/education/

Database of freelance translators and agencies.

Forum for translators to share questions, doubts, terminology help and advice.

Educational tools include webinars, online training, self-directed courses.

Both for self-learning and personal tutorship.

Comprehensive translation industry wiki.

Job offers.

Medieval English Translation Kit

http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/its/translation.html

Access Computer Assisted Tool.

Translation teaching toolkit.

Medieval and Modern English text samples.

Multiple Languages.

Translation Lesson Plans For Teachers

• http://www.bookrags.com/lessonplan/translations/

Access lesson plans, exercises, quizzes, homework assignments and teaching materials.

More than 134 pages.

English Language Teaching Through the Translation Method

• http://www.bokorlang.com/journal/51mongolian.htm

Academic paper on methods of teaching through translation.

Reliable authors and renowned site.

Teaching Translation Ottawa University

• http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/en/handle/10393/12957

Academic work from prestigious University.

Basic principles of translation through 29 teaching units (with objectives, tasks, and commentaries for the teacher), and through 48 task sheets.

Project Muse

• https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780776616995

Teaching Translation from Spanish to English book.

Downloadable in .pdf format, chapter by chapter.

About.com Language Education Resources

• http://esl.about.com/

Many resources, lesson plans, quizzes, grammar detailed explanations, videos, printable materials.

Also covers specialized vocabulary 8medicine).

Comparative Linguistics for translators.

Translation Worksheets

• http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Translation-worksheets-6088235/

Teaching resources.

Downloadable .pdf lesson plans.

Anthony Pym’s Youtube Channel

• http://www.youtube.com/user/AnthonyPym/videos?flow=grid&view=0

Interviews with prestigious translators and scholars.

University classes recorded and uploaded.

Access to symposia presentations.

Ted Talks

• http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector/videos

Access to thousands of prsentations.

Practice of interpreting (simultaneous / consecutive) and note-taking.

Wide variety of accents, English varieties, native vs non-native speakers and topics of discourse.

Laboratorio del Lenguaje

• http://medicablogs.diariomedico.com/laboratorio/

Discussion of specific translation issues.

Medical vocabulary.

False friends, collocates and specialized vocabulary.

Panace@ (Tremedica)

• http://www.tremedica.org/panacea.html

Periodical online magazine dedicated to medical translation topics.

Resources for specialized medical translators.

IATE (InterActive TErminology) UE

• http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQueryLoad.do;jsessionid=9ea7991930d631c13d339c114c75b7aaffca5af27bfb.e38KbN4MchyMb40SbxyRaN0Lchr0?method=load

Terminology database of the European Union.

Peer-reviewed translations of specialized terms.

Search by language combination, topic, etc.

Linguee

• http://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/search?source=auto&query=translation

Online bilingual dictionary, searches in both directions (EN>ES, ES>EN).

Searches words in context and presents most frequent collocates.

Not based on equivalence, but on translation (results are extracted from texts and their translations).

Switch Off And Let’s Go

• http://traduccionydoblaje.blogspot.com.es/

Blog on discussion of audiovisual translation topics.

Possible translations of film titles.

In-depth analysis and comparison of originals and subtitled films.

WizIQ

• http://www.wiziq.com/tests/english-translation

Online quizes on translation topics.

Translation exercises centered on grammar, vocabulary and/or sentence structure.

Urban Dict. Word of the Day

• http://www.urbandictionary.com/

Learn slang uses of English in context, with examples.

Vocabulary outside of regular dictionaries and normative uses.

Current usages, recently coined terms, memes, cultural shifts.

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