Wednesday, February 1

Translation practice

Today you will receive a small excerpt in Portuguese to practice your translation skills.Tomorrow, we will send the answer keys and some comments about this text. Try to do the translation with your own words before consulting the dictionary.

“O Estado autoritário e modernizador, que se consolida a partir de 1930, não inicia o processo de modernização brasileiro, que começa já em 1808, como vimos, mas o põe efetivamente num outro patamar. A partir dele, o processo de modernização brasileiro passa a ser comandado não mais pelo surto urbanizador e comercial, como no século XIX, mas, agora, pela industrialização. (...) O Estado reformador de 1930 lança as bases dessa profunda transformação econômica, pela ênfase nas indústrias de base – como siderurgia e petróleo – e pela construção da infraestrutura para um crescimento capitalista em grande escala.” 

Souza, Jessé. Subcidadania brasileira: para entender o país além do jeitinho brasileiro / Jessé Souza. –- Rio de Janeiro : LeYa, 2018.

The CACD Advanced Regular Prep Course focuses primarily on CACD mock exams and grammar/vocabulary exercises. In one class we will focus our attention on Summary and English Translation, in the following week on Composition and Portuguese translation, and in the third week on key grammar and vocabulary exercises. Thus, one core topic will last three weeks.

All articles are taken from such sources as The Economist, Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, as well as sporadic literature and philosophy texts for a more metaphorical language study.

The course will consist of 16 weeks of 1.5hr live classes via ZOOM (24 hours of total class time). The price will be divided into either 5 payments of R$350.00 (Feb. – June) or one payment in cash of R$1,575.00 (10% discount).

I would like to begin the regular course in the week of February 6th – 10th. The course times that I am offering this semester are:

CACD Advanced – Regular Prep Course:

Wednesday mornings: 09:00am – 10:30.

Tuesday afternoons: 14:00 – 15:30.

Monday nights: 19:30 – 21:00.

If you are interested in joining this course, simply reply to this message and reserve your place in the class of your choice or suggest a new time slot. I will work on a first come first served basis. So please let me know of your plans ASAP.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards, Todd Irwin Marshall.

(31) 9959-8751 / todd@toddmarshall.com.br /www.toddmarshall.com.br