Translation and Interpretation

  Mini-Presentations & Peer Interpretation For this activity, we worked in groups of three to practice public speaking, active listening, and consecutive interpretation . Each of us had to prepare a short 3–4-minute presentation on a topic of our choice and then interpret one of our classmates’ presentations from English into Spanish. In my group, together with my classmates, we decided to present about our favorite singers . Each of us gave our presentation in English while another member of the group interpreted it into Spanish . This required us to pay close attention, take notes, and then reproduce the message with the same meaning, tone, and fluency. In my experience, this activity was much more challenging than the previous ones because it truly tested our listening, speaking, and interpretation skills in real time. It was not just about translating words, but about understanding the message deeply and expressing it naturally in the target language. Even though it...

  Applying Translation Techniques and Procedures As part of a class project, we carried out an activity focused on reviewing and applying the most common translation techniques and procedures . First, we analyzed the information provided on the Altalingua website about the different strategies that professional translators can use, such as literal translation, transposition, modulation, equivalence, and adaptation, among others. ( https://altalingua.es/tecnicas-de-traduccion/  ) Afterwards, each student asked for clarification and created their own examples to better understand how each technique can be applied in different linguistic contexts. Finally, we put what we learned into practice through an audiovisual translation exercise. Each participant translated a 90-second segment from a YouTube video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yny_HWP_fHg ). In my case, I translated the segment from minute 0:00 to 1:30 , applying several of the techniques studied in order to preserv...