English II
Week August 31,
2015
nd
2
semester
Lecture 28
Aims:
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to improve grammatical
knowledge (syntactical,
morphological, etc.)
to emphasise translation
problems
to improve translation
skills
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Major Problems
 Literal translation (word by word)
 - Use of The equivalent of o/a in these
examples:
The my father instead of ´´My father``
The my family instead of `` My family``
Use of an before a word starting with a
consonant as in this example:
....House was an bakery (see Basic English
Grammar for rules)
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 Plural of nouns
 - Bakerys instead of bakeries (see
Basic English Grammar, pp.21-32).
 Agreement
 ...was six bakeries instead of
....were six bakeries
 My father are instead of is
 Misspelling (this was the biggest
issue)
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 Using
words that are not
synonyms
 I arise in 1977 instead of I was
born in 1977
 Arise=surgir, levantar-se,
aflorar
Translate into English

Natal é altura do ano em que compramos
presentes para as nossas famílias. Os homens
compram vestidos e perfumes para as suas
mulheres. As mulheres compram camisas e
relógios para os maridos. Os pais compram
bicicletas, jogos de computadores, rádios e
DVDs aos filhos.Também compramos
comida. As pessoas compram comida
habitual, tal como batatas, tomates e pão,
mas também compram comida especial, tal
como chocolates e bacalhau. Na noite de
Natal as prateleiras dos supermercados
ficam quase vazias.
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