Gile’s Sequential Model of

Translationby: Jessica and

Thomas

Translation: linear or not? That is the question NOT!!! Instead its more of a Back-and-Forth

movement between the stages:

Two Stage Model of Translation

Welcome to Comprehension Step one: Establish a

Temporarily assigning a meaning to the part of text being worked on

Meaning based on: What you already about the topic What you can logically infer What you can find out

meaning hypothesis

Step two: Check the meaning hypothesis for

Does it make sense in this context

NOTE: errors can occur if you read the text too

fast or do not have the background knowledge to fully understand the text

plausibility

Are you satisfied that the meaning hypothesis is plausible…?

Great because now we and move tophase 2…

Welcome to Reformulation Verbalize the of the text to

the target language Check to make sure:

Relevant information is included Extraneous information is not included

A must: Check the target language version of the

text for correct terminology and style

meaning

Of course nobody’s perfect so there . be some areas of the text that are not acceptable In which you will then continue the process

until the results are grammatically acceptable and plausible

WILL