A Quality Translation is…

💡Clear/Understandable

💠 Accurate/Trustworthy

🌸 Natural/Appealing

⛪ Approved/Appropriate

<aside> 🔍 Preview: The seven steps below provide an overview for a team to produce a trustworthy translation of OBS.

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Step 1: Individual Study 👤💡

🕦 40 minutes

OBS Story + Words + Notes

Step 2: Team Review 👥 ****💡 ****💠

🕑 60 minutes

OBS Story + Words + Notes + Discussion

Step 3: Prepare 🗣️ ****💠

🕓 20 minutes

Retell in the Target Language

Step 4: Draft 👤 ****🌸

🕤 20 minutes

Read + Draft

Step 5: Self-check 👤 ****💡 💠 🌸

🕥 30 minutes

Compare + Questions + Read aloud

Step 6: Partner Check 🗣️ 💡 💠 🌸

🕣 40 minutes

Compare + Read aloud + Discussion

Step 7: Team Review 👥 💡 💠 🌸

🕞 60 minutes

Compare + Words + Read aloud

Repeat Cycle Step-by-Step

Perform the cycle for each story until all 50 OBS are translated

<aside> ✅ Keep in mind: Follow these suggestions to achieve a trustworthy translation.

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Step 1: Individual Study 💡

Objectives:

• To understand the general meaning and purpose of the story
• To prepare for a team discussion of the story before translation

👤 individual activity 🕣 40 minutes

📔 Story

• Read the OBS story.
• Write down sentences from the text that may cause translation difficulties (use for later team discussion).
• Write down sentences from the text that may require special attention from translators (use for later team discussion).
• 10 minutes for this task

💬 Words

• Read the words from translationWords for the OBS story.
• Read the article for each word.
• Mark the specific articles that may be helpful in translating the OBS text (use for later team discussion).
• 20 minutes for this task

📝 Notes

• Read the notes from translationNotes for the OBS story.
• Read the note for each chunk.
• Mark the notes that may be helpful in translating the OBS text (use for later team discussion).
• 10 minutes for this task

Step 2: Team Review 💡💠

Objectives:

• To understand the words and meaning of the text
• To make team decisions on some of the words before starting the translation drafts

👥 teamwork 🕗 60 minutes

📔 Story

• Read the context of OBS aloud.
• Discuss the sentences from the text that may cause translation difficulties.
• Discuss the sentences from the text that may require special attention from translators.
• 20 minutes for this task

💬 Words

• Discuss the translationWord tool.
• 20 minutes for this task

🎙️ Retell in the Target Language

• Study a chunk(s) of text along with all the resources and decide how to best convey the text in more natural language.
• Review the text again and think about how to retell the chunk(s) in the target language:
• Retell the meaning of the passage to a partner in the target language.
• Tell everything from memory without looking at the text.
• Have the partner repeat the same steps for their chunk of text.
• Do not discuss the retellings--only speak and listen.