翻訳Requirement

Translation Requirement (Japanese into English) 10%

Translate an article or a passage on the Internet that’s related to the main topics of the reading：

• The translation has to be done in three stages.

• The piece must be about 400 English words.

• Please show your instructor the piece on or before １０月２３日。Please send it via e-mail, or send the URL.

draft 1 　１０月３０日
Fairly literal. May have some English words untranslated IF you cannot find it in dictionaries that are available on-line, electronically, or in paper.

draft 2 　１１月２７日
Has to be fairly idiomatic. Needs to be intelligible to mono-lingual, educated English speakers

draft 3 　１２月１１日
Has to be smooth and has no trace of translationese.

The three drafts will be assessed for:

• Effort that goes into producing Draft 1 (use of resources)

• Progress you have made between Draft 1 and Draft 2

• Comprehension (accuracy) of the Japanese text in Draft 3

• Word choice, appropriateness of the register in Draft 3

作文Requirements

Here’s how your 作文 requirement works.

Write two 500字作文 and one 1,000 字作文in the course of the semester. All three 作文must discuss the topics in the common reading assignments.

• ５００字作文I 3 %
• ５００字作文II 3%
• １０００字作文III 6%

You must submit three drafts for each sakubun. The due dates are as follows:
---------ドラフト１----ドラフト２---ドラフト３
作文１ 　 ９月２２日 　 ９月２９日 １０月　６日
作文２ １０月１３日 １０月２０日 １０月２７日
作文３ １１月１０日 １１月１７日 １２月　８日

• I am sometimes late returning your submission, so please bear with me. I will still accept late turn ins (not due to my tardiness), but you may not receive full credit for it. I do expect you to turn in the first draft of each sakubun on schedule.
• Please mark clearly which sakubun and which draft you are submitting.
• The third and final draft is evaluated for:

1. Linguistic structure, logical sequence, argument formation
2. Appropriate use of vocabulary and gramma
3. Content and originality of thinking