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Production of Spoken Target Text – Examples of Exercises with the Use of Sight Translation

Summary/Abstract: Sight translation as an oral rendition of the written source text into the target language is a type of translation widely used by translators and interpreters (Błaszkowska 2012, Kubacki 2012, Płużyczka 2015, Żmudzki 2015). The findings of a survey on sight translation in translator/interpreter training prove that it is also commonly applied by Polish university teachers in translator and interpreter training (Nader- Cioczek 2025a) as well as in foreign language teaching (Nader-Cioczek 2025b). However, there are only scarce sources which discuss particular exercises aimed at developing sight translation skills. This paper attempts to bridge this gap by providing examples of exercises with the use of sight translation, which were designed for the production of spoken target text, in particular, the production of the target text in a foreign language. Examples of exercises presented herein are based on the Polish-English language pair, yet they can be used with any other languages, too. The exercises were compiled according to Żmudzki’s (2015) model of sight translator’s competence complemented by Małgorzewicz’s (2012) model of translator’s competence. Sight translation exercises are grouped so as to develop the following sub-skills comprising the skill of spoken target text production. These include: planning a speech in the target language, public speaking, producing various text genres, producing texts on various topics, maintaining coherence and cohesion in the target text, as well as dividing attention. The majority of the exercises discussed in this paper were devised by consecutive and simultaneous interpreting trainers and only adapted by the author of the paper to suit the new translation context and to accommodate typical features of sight translation.

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