Department of Italian

Paper IT B2

Translation from Italian and Oral B

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The examination for the translation element of this paper will last two hours.

The examination will consist of three passages for translation from Italian into English, of which you will be required to attempt two. (The mark received for this paper is combined with the mark for the oral in the ratio of 2:1.)

Copies of past papers in Translation from Italian are available for consultation in the MML Library or from the Departmental Office.

Teaching

There will be a weekly class which will give you regular practice in translating passages of the kind and length you will meet in the examination, and which will help you to think critically about aspects of style and the nature of translation.

Oral B

The oral examination for Part IA, Option B is held in the Easter term. It is intended to assess the accuracy, fluency, and range of your spoken Italian. The examination takes as its starting point a reading passage, which you will be given fifteen minutes to study beforehand. You will first be asked to read aloud a short section of this passage, and then to engage in a conversation of about 10 minutes concerning the issues raised in the passage as a whole.

For the overall structure of Part 1A of the post A-level Italian course, see this page.