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Assignment 1 by Apurva Dubey

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Assignment 1 
 
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I am pursuing B.A.(Hons.) in German language from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.
 

I have given my exams for the final semester of my graduation and I am waiting for the results.
 
Apart from that, I have made it a point to engage in other co-curricular activities like play “Das kleine ich-bin-ich” in 2016.
 
 

I took up an OnDaF test in October 2016 and was awarded the level of my knowledge of German language as B2.
 
I have therefore had an international exposure which helped me learn skills to cope in an unknown environment....
 

I, Apurva Dubey, am a student in the 6th semester of my Bachelors in the German language at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. I have just completed giving my exams.

 I have always been interested in the world of language and therefore find myself strongly attracted to this internship offer.
 

I have been to Germany for a short summer course (the same is mentioned in the C.V.) and what I learnt there is to work till one gets satisfactory results.
 


I am pretty sure; I will be able to live up to the expectations of Modlingua.
 

In the present era of globalization, there is.......
....in order to give enough room for prosperous economies.
 
 


Several companies need texts in foreign languages to be translated.
 
I assure you with confidence that my enthusiasm to work and my sheer interest to work things up to the minute details ...
 
I look forward to working with Modlingua if I am chosen as an intern!
 
I am pursuing B.A.(Hons.) in German language from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
 
I have given my exams for the final semester and I am waiting for the results. 

Apart from that, I have made it a point to engage myself in other co-curricular activities like the play titled “Das kleine ich-bin-ich” staged in 2016.

 I took up an OnDaF test in October 2016 and was awarded with B2 Level of expertise of German language.

I have therefore had international exposure which has helped me learn skills to cope with an unknown environment....
 


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I have always been interested in the world of languages and therefore find myself strongly attracted to this offer.
 
I have been to Germany for a short summer course (the same is mentioned in the C.V.) and what I learnt there was – to work till one gets satisfactory results.
 


I am pretty sure that I will be able to live up to the expectations of Modlingua.
 

In the present era of globalization, there is.......
....in order to give enough room to economies which are prospering.
 

Several companies require translations of texts in foreign languages.
 
I assure you with confidence that my enthusiasm to work and my sheer interest to prepare projects up to the minute details ...
 
I look forward to work with Modlingua if I am chosen as an intern!
A comma looks more appropriate.
 
 
 


“graduation” is not needed, So it was omitted
 
 Certain keywords missing, article missing
 
 
 
 
 
Improvement in sentence structure
 
 
 
 
Incorrect preposition, tense, and unnecessary “an”
 
 
 

Already mentioned, not needed therefore
 
 
 
 
 



Plural indicator s is missing.
 
 
 
 
 
Syntax improvement
 
 
 
 
 
 
No ; needed after the word ‘sure’
 
 
Clarity missing, hence sequencing of word ‘economies’ has been changed. The adjective ‘Prosperous’ changes to verb ‘prospering’.
 
Check the choice of words.
 
 
 
Check the choice of words. ‘Work’ repeated.
 
 
 
 
Clarity required between usage of a verb and a noun.



Error Analysis
Total number of source text: 254
Total number of target text: 225

Errors related to articles: 01
Errors related to punctuation, symbols, signs and spaces:  02
Omissions: 03
Spelling errors: 01
Choice of words: 02
Factual errors: 0
Choice of words and overall consistency of those words: 01
An eye, for details: Confusion between, verb-noun, adjective-adverb
Page layout and overall presentation: Not applicable here, but 2. Brief Profile and 3. Career goals sent in separate Word documents.
Profile Photo Quality: Original-229*202 Pixels
                                     Edited-250*250 Pixels
                                     Time required- 2 minutes (via Microsoft Office Picture Manager)
Additional comments, if any: Apart from above errors, word sequence was changed in order to bring clarity.
Time taken to correct 254 words: 17 minutes
Time taken to prepare this evaluation report: 22 minutes
 
 
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