Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Translation Techniques
Code: 551037

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 4 Final Exam

1. Activity Description

Type of Activity: Individual

Evaluation Moment: Final
Highest Activity Score: 125 points
The activity starts on: Tuesday, The activity ends on: Monday, December
December 1, 2020 14, 2020
With this activity, the following learning outcomes are expected:

Learning Outcome 1: To apply the concepts regarding translation techniques through

the completion of different translation tasks.

The activity consists of:

Step 1 – Analysis chart:

Download the file with the name: "Blackwater Mountain". Read carefully the source
and the target text.

Considering the course contents in units 1 and 2, create a chart where you divide the
source text into segments with their corresponding translation. Then add the
translation technique you consider the translator used to translate each segment.
Afterwards, decide which translation method was used by the translator to translate
the whole text. Write a paragraph where you explain the reasons, according to the
analysis. Relate it to the content of the course, cite and use references according to
APA.

Source text Target text Translation technique

That time of evening, A esa hora de la noche, Here goes the translation
weightless and disparate, sin peso y dispar, technique used

Segment Translation Here goes the translation

technique used

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 Translation method
Here goes the translation method used and the reasons according to the analysis

Step 2 - Submission:
In a word/pdf document, write your name, course, group, the name of the activity
and the analysis chart and submit it through the evaluation environment.

Keep in mind for the development of the activity:

In the Learning Environment, you must: participate in forum Task 4 – Final Exam
sharing the learning process.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must: submit the final document through the link
Task 4 – Final Exam.

Individual Work Evidences:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:
Final individual document through the link Task 4 - Final Exam in the evaluation
environment.
Collaborative Evidences:
No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit.

For Individual evidence, consider the following:

 Share the task progress in the forum of the activity located in the learning
environment.

 Before delivering the final document, make sure it meets all the requirements
indicated in this activity guide.

 Follow APA standards, taking into account that concepts develop that are not
authored by students are mandatory. Remember to use citation.
Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must
comply with APA Format.

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In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism.
You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found on the virtual
campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) "Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it
includes citations where there is no match between these and the reference" and
paragraph f) "To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University ". (Acuerdo 029 -
13 de diciembre de 2013, Artículo 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

3. Evaluation Rubric

Type of Activity: Individual

Evaluation Moment: Final
Highest Activity Score: 125 points
First Evaluation High Level: The student provides a meaningful analysis of
Criterion: translation techniques based on the course content. The student
accurately explains the translating process and identifies the
Analysis Chart translation method and reflects in accordance with the analysis
proposed through the chart.
This criterion
represents 100 If your work is at this level, you can get between 100
points of the total points and 81 points
of 125 points of
the activity. Average Level: The student provides shallow analysis of
translation techniques based on the course content. The student
partially explains the translating process and identifies the

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 translation method but does not reflect in accordance with the
analysis proposed through the chart.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 80 points

and 31 points

Low level: The student does not provide the analysis of

translation techniques based on the course content accordingly.
The student does not explain the translating process in
accordance with the analysis proposed through the chart.
And/or no analysis chart was presented.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 30

points and 1 point
Second Evaluation High Level: Grammar and punctuation are accurate or there
Criterion: are just slight mistakes in both aspects. The document included
all the required items in the correct way.
Final document
If your work is at this level, you can get between 25 points
This criterion and 16 points
represents 25
points of the total Average Level: There are some problems with grammar and/or
of 125 points of punctuation. The document does not include all the required
the activity. items.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points

and 9 points

Low level: The document does not include the required items.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 8

points and 1 point