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TRANSLATING THOUGHT OF FIRST
LANGUAGE INTO ENGLISH
When English is second language
LANGUAGE OF THOUGHT
• Our thoughts can be in any Language.
• Most frequently it is in our most frequently in use
Language.
• Normally our first language
• Exists in deep structure
• noun + verb + noun or in any other form as
per that
language
THOUGHT
• Despite being in a certain language it can still be incomplete.
• Thought can be tenseless even while thinking in a language having
tense.
• Syntax would usually be absent.
• May only have nouns and verbs. Or just nouns.
ENGLISH
BASIC TENSES IN ENGLISH
• There are three basic tenses in English:
• Past
• Present
• Future
• But any peace of writing is written in only two tenses
• Past
• Present
• Future is rarely used in writings
HELPING VERBS OF THE TWO TENSES
(PRESENT AND PAST)
• Can
• Could
• May
• Do/does
• Is/am/are
• Has/have
• Could
• Could have
• Might have
• Did
• Was/were
• Had
TRANSLATING
• Recognize the time in thought.
• The components of e.g. agent, action, quality etc.
• Understand the category of idea in the thought (sub-category of tense).
• Use the syntax.
• Mind the narration.
• Take care of cohesion (Link between sentences) in a text.
PROBLEM CASES
• If an object or an event or a person existed in the past it
should be said or written in past and vice versa
• If present tense is used then all text must be in present and
vice verse
• What is in past in one language can be in present in the
other
• Different words will be used for living and different for
non-living
HOW TO INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO
TRANSLATE
• Develop your experience through
• Reading extensive text.
• Watching videos and films; especially those made on literature.
• Write yourself and get it assessed
FARE THEE WELL

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How translate thought of first language into english

  • 1. TRANSLATING THOUGHT OF FIRST LANGUAGE INTO ENGLISH When English is second language
  • 2. LANGUAGE OF THOUGHT • Our thoughts can be in any Language. • Most frequently it is in our most frequently in use Language. • Normally our first language • Exists in deep structure • noun + verb + noun or in any other form as per that language
  • 3. THOUGHT • Despite being in a certain language it can still be incomplete. • Thought can be tenseless even while thinking in a language having tense. • Syntax would usually be absent. • May only have nouns and verbs. Or just nouns.
  • 5. BASIC TENSES IN ENGLISH • There are three basic tenses in English: • Past • Present • Future • But any peace of writing is written in only two tenses • Past • Present • Future is rarely used in writings
  • 6. HELPING VERBS OF THE TWO TENSES (PRESENT AND PAST) • Can • Could • May • Do/does • Is/am/are • Has/have • Could • Could have • Might have • Did • Was/were • Had
  • 7. TRANSLATING • Recognize the time in thought. • The components of e.g. agent, action, quality etc. • Understand the category of idea in the thought (sub-category of tense). • Use the syntax. • Mind the narration. • Take care of cohesion (Link between sentences) in a text.
  • 8. PROBLEM CASES • If an object or an event or a person existed in the past it should be said or written in past and vice versa • If present tense is used then all text must be in present and vice verse • What is in past in one language can be in present in the other • Different words will be used for living and different for non-living
  • 9. HOW TO INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO TRANSLATE • Develop your experience through • Reading extensive text. • Watching videos and films; especially those made on literature. • Write yourself and get it assessed