AC9LCH10EC04
Years 9 to 10
Languages
AC9LCH10EC04 | Years 9 to 10 Chinese: Mediating meaning in and between languages
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor interpret and translate a range of non-verbal, spoken and written texts, and explain how meaning is conveyed to reflect cultural context, purpose and audience
Background and first language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence
Strand
Communicating meaning in Chinese
Substrand
Mediating meaning in and between languages
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 Chinese · Background and first language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration comparing and discussing various Chinese translations of English words, phrases and expressions, for example, 勺子 versus 调羹, or 外公 versus 姥爷, 外婆 versus 姥姥
- • Elaboration identifying words used with specific assumptions, for example, gender 英俊 versus 美丽, significance 会见 versus 碰头, formality 光临 versus 来到
- • Elaboration considering ways to translate Chinese culture-specific terms into English, for example, 中药和食疗, 上火, 大补
- • Elaboration interpreting for Chinese and/or English speakers for events that require in-depth cross-cultural knowledge, for example, acting as an ambassador for Chinese-speaking visitors to the school
- • Elaboration comparing idioms and colloquialisms across languages and identifying the challenges in mediating the embedded cultural values, for example, 胸有成竹 (have a well-thought-out plan)
- • Elaboration comparing bilingual editions of stories or poems and discussing how authors and translators maintain the effect of stylistic devices across languages, for example, the use of metaphor
- • Elaboration interpreting meaning in bilingual contexts and identifying challenges and potential issues in mediation, for example, mediating Chinese jokes to English speakers, and vice versa
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- • Elaboration experimenting with translations of extended texts, using a range of print and digital dictionaries and translation tools, or without assistance
- • Elaboration comparing 褒义词, 贬义词 and 中性词, and the contexts in which they are used, for example, the differences between 聪明 and 滑头
- • Elaboration examining recently introduced terminology and considering the reasons behind their development, for example, 破防, 元宇宙, 二次元
- • Elaboration applying translation strategies in Chinese and English, for example, writing subtitles for Chinese or English programs and then checking translations with those available
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