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Join WhatsApp ChannelAssignment 1- Rindon
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| Version 1 - Draft version (Career Goals) | Version 2- Corrected version | Comments/ Types of errors |
| My foremost goal in life is to acquire a career in academics as well as to pursue translation professionally. | My foremost goal in life is to acquire a career in academics as well as to pursue translation professionally. | No error |
| I am a Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, India, where I have been teaching modules related to theory and practice of translation studies as a UGC Senior Research Fellow and my research is being funded by the University Grants Commission, India. | I am a Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, India, where I have been teaching modules related to theory and practice of translation studies as a UGC Senior Research Fellow and my research is being funded by the University Grants Commission, India. | No error |
| Since I have completed MPhil in Translation Studies in 2014 from the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies (CALTS), University of Hyderabad, India and have two masters degree, one in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University, India and the other in English Literature from University of Calcutta, India, I believe that I know the required tools to interpret texts as well as translate them. | Since I have completed MPhil in Translation Studies in 2014 from the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies (CALTS), University of Hyderabad, India and have two masters degree, one in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University, India and the other in English Literature from University of Calcutta, India, I believe that I know the required tools to interpret texts as well as translate them. |
No error |
| These academic achievements and my active involvements as research assistants in several projects ranging from Indian Theatre to Oral History in different institutions i.e., University of Sydney, Australia; University of Hyderabad, India and Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, India, are indicative of my commitment to all aspects of academia and research. |
These academic achievements and my active involvements as research assistants in several projects ranging from Indian Theatre to Oral History in different institutions i.e., University of Sydney, Australia; University of Hyderabad, India and Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, India, are indicative of my commitment to all aspects of academia and research. | No error |
| As an intern of Modlingua, I can bring in the role of practical translator and translation theorist. It is an absolute pleasure that I have been selected to work with the other interns and the resource persons at Modilingua. | As an intern of Modlingua, I can bring in the role of practical translator and translation theorist. It is an absolute pleasure that I have been selected to work with the other interns and the resource persons at Modilingua. | No error |
| I, Rindon Kundu, am working as a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, India, and pursuing PhD in Translation and Theatre from the same. | I, Rindon Kundu, am working as a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, India, and pursuing PhD in Translation and Theatre from the same. | No error |
| I’ve completed MPhil on Translation Studies from Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, India in 2014. | I’ve completed MPhil on Translation Studies from Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, India in 2014. | No error |
| Prior to this, I’ve worked as a Research Assistant under Professor Emerita Heather Goodall for University of Technology, Sydney in 2013. | Prior to this, I’ve worked as a Research Assistant under Professor Emerita Heather Goodall for University of Technology, Sydney in 2013. | No error |
| Recently I have been awarded IATIS Bursary by International Association of Translation and Intercultural Studies for paper presentation at Hong Kong Baptist University. | Recently I have been awarded IATIS Bursary by International Association of Translation and Intercultural Studies for paper presentation at Hong Kong Baptist University. | No error |
| I have also been invited as a participant-translator in the IATIS International Translation Workshop and as a Resource person at the Centre for Advanced Study, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University. | I have also been invited as a participant-translator in the IATIS International Translation Workshop and as a Resource person at the Centre for Advanced Study, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University. | No error |
| I also take interest in practical translation and have translated and published a few short stories and non-fiction from Bengali to English or vice versa. | I also take interest in practical translation and have translated and published a few short stories and non-fiction from Bengali to English or vice versa. | No error |
| Since I am a student of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, I want to navigate between languages. | Since I am a student of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, I want to navigate between languages. | No error |
| Recently I have started learning Russian and Norwegian languages and have elementary knowledge in French. Amongst Indian languages, in addition to Bengali which is my native language, I have a rudimentary understanding in Hindi, Assamese and Nepali. Besides being a researcher and translator, I love playing Badminton and in my school days I was a member of West Bengal Schools Sports team. | Recently I have started learning Russian and Norwegian languages and have elementary knowledge in French. Amongst Indian languages, in addition to Bengali which is my native language, I have a rudimentary understanding in Hindi, Assamese and Nepali. Besides being a researcher and translator, I love playing Badminton and in my school days I was a member of West Bengal Schools Sports team. | No error |
| Having been selected as a summer intern in Modlingua, I sincerely hope that this opportunity will enable me to access what translation theorists have been looking for – an explicit framework for the phenomena commonly subsumed under the term ‘practical translation’ and I also think that this internship will improve my skill of translation as well as enrich my theoretical and practical knowledge about translation. | Having been selected as a summer intern in Modlingua, I sincerely hope that this opportunity will enable me to access what translation theorists have been looking for – an explicit framework for the phenomena commonly subsumed under the term ‘practical translation’ and I also think that this internship will improve my skill of translation as well as enrich my theoretical and practical knowledge about translation. | No error |
| Error Analysis Total Number of Source Text: 537 Total Number of Target Text: 537 |
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| An eye for details | Not Applicable |
| Page layout and overall presentation | Not Applicable |
| Profile Photo Quality | 96 dpi |
| Additional comments if any | Language can be improved more |
| Time taken to correct 254 words | 10 Minutes |
| Time taken to prepare this evaluation report | 10 Minutes |
Assignment 1 Manoj Kumar
| ERROR ANALYSIS RUBRIC FOR SUMMER INTERNS OF MODLINGUA 2018 |
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| I am Manoj Kumar. After completing my graduation, I started learning French at Alliance Française. I have command in the French language till C1 level and aims to continue learning the same. I have also done Advanced Diploma in French from Punjab University Chandigarh. My hobbies include playing chess, listening to music and gardening. I want to enhance my skills in content writing and translation, social media marketing, blogging and web development through the internship at Modlingua. I found this internship with Modlingua to be an opportunity to learn all the aspects related to translation. This internship will help me to gain a wide knowledge of translation business. |
I am Manoj Kumar. After completing my graduation, I started learning French at Alliance Française. I have command in the French language till C1 level and aims to continue learning the same. I have also done Advanced Diploma in French from Punjab University Chandigarh. My hobbies include playing chess, listening to music and gardening. I want to enhance my skills in content writing and translation, social media marketing, blogging and web development through the internship at Modlingua. I found this internship with Modlingua to be an opportunity to learn all the aspects related to translation. This internship will help me to gain a wide knowledge of translation business. |
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| Career Goal | Career Goal | |
| Without making goals in our life, we would have nothing to look forward to, or even would not have anything to achieve. So, goals are the most important thing in a person’s life, one can associate goals according to their short-term or long-term plans. | Without making goals in our life, we would have nothing to look forward to, or even would not have anything to achieve. So, goals are the most important thing in a person’s life, one can associate goals according to their short-term or long-term plans. | No change |
| My long-term goal is to be a professional translator. As we know, translators have to convert written material from one language into another language. So, my goal, as a translator, is to provide readers with the translation which completely resembles the original piece of work. | My long-term goal is to be a professional translator. As we know, translators have to convert written material from one language into another language. So, my goal, as a translator, is to provide readers with the translation which completely resembles the original piece of work. |
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| To achieve this amount of perfection a translator must be able to write in a way that maintains the structure and style of the original text while keeping the ideas and facts of the original material accurate. I like to read and write the articles and translation is something which attracts me the most as it can break language barriers between two cultures. |
To achieve this amount of perfection, a translator must be able to write in a way that maintains the structure and style of the original text while keeping the ideas and facts of the original material accurate. I like to read and write the articles and the translation is something which attracts me the most as it can break language barriers between two cultures. | Comma needed after perfection Used 'the' with translation |
| After completing my DALF-C1 and Advance Diploma in French, I have started teaching French. | After completing my DALF-C1 and Advance Diploma in French, I have started teaching French. | No change |
| As I always want to be a translator, I am also practising the translation with the help of my friends. | As I always want to be a translator, I am also practising the translation with the help of my friends. | Not needed |
| Now, I want to start my career in the domain of translation with the help of your internship, which seems like an opportunity for achieving my goal. | Now, I want to start my career in the domain of translation and this internship seems like an opportunity for achieving my goal. | Improvement in sentence structure |
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| Error Analysis Total Number of Source Text: 323 Total Number of Target Text: 318 |
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| Errors related to articles | 1 |
| Errors related to punctuation, symbols, signs, spaces | 1 |
| Omissions | 1 |
| Spelling errors | 0 |
| Choice of words | 1 |
| Factual errors | 0 |
| Choice of words and over all consistency of those words | 1 |
| An eye for details | Lacked attention for details |
| Page layout and overall presentation | Missing |
| Profile Photo Quality | Not applicable here |
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| Time taken to correct 254 words | 30Min |
| Time taken to prepare this evaluation report | 30Min |
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