Department of Italian

Paper IT B3

Translation into Italian and a test in Italian through audio visual media

Paper IT B3 is in two parts, taken separately:

Section A

Translation from English into Italian. The examination lasts for two hours.

In Section A you will be required to translate two passages of literary or journalistic English of c. 200 words each. In addition to grammatical and syntactical accuracy, the translations will be expected to show a good grasp of Italian idiom, and a sensitivity to register, style, and shades of meaning.

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Section B

Italian through audio visual media. The examination lasts for 1 hour and 35 minutes; this includes a 5-minute set-up time.

In Section B you will be shown a programme broadcast on Italian television and required to answer factual questions and to summarise or paraphrase some of the themes of the broadcast. The examination will test your ability to extract and to reproduce concisely relevant and accurate information from the audio-visual material.

You can find more information about the Audio-Visual section of the paper here.

Download the 2005 exam paper (NOTE: In 2005 this was a Listening Comprehension test, not an Audio-Visual test)
Download the 2006 exam paper
Download the 2007 exam paper
Download the 2008 exam paper
Download the 2009 exam paper
Download the 2010 exam paper
Exam papers which have been set since 2010 can be downloaded from CamTools.

Teaching

The necessary skills will be developed by practising the required exercises in fortnightly classes (see Lecture List), alternating Composition and Listening Comprehension practice.