11th Grade ACS Translation Course Regulations and Guidelines

Core Mission: The 11th Grade ACS Translation Course builds a cultural and linguistic bridge between the Bulgarian and the English locales.

Delivery Method and Tools: In-class translation assignments are administered using a locked-mode Google Form.
Content Assigned: During in-class assignments, students are assigned part of a studied text to translate directly in class.

Pasting Target Text: Students are strictly prohibited from pasting target text into home translations, which form part of the Classwork Tables & Translations Assignment.
Table Structure: The Classwork Table consists of more than five rows (the statement that it has only five rows is false).
Final Version Column: The "Final Version" column of the Classwork Table must be filled in during class time.
Presenter Entry: If a student is among the presenters for a specific topic, they must write "I presented" once in the "Presenters' Translation" column of their Classwork Table.

Speaking Time Distribution: When preparing a presentation as a group, team members must ensure that total speaking time is distributed evenly between all presenters.
Translation Slide: When preparing the Translation slide, the selected text excerpt must be divided for translation between all presenters.
Historical Context Slide: The Historical Context slide must explicitly mention the historic period that the text pertains to.
Plot Presentation: When presenting the plot of a novel or play, presenters should explain how it begins, highlight key twists and turns, and summarize how it ends.
Excerpt Summarization: When summarizing an excerpt, presenters must explicitly state its place within the novel or play from which it was taken.

Rendering Source Meaning: No points will be awarded on an open quiz question if a student fails to render the meaning of the source sentence into the specified target language.
Word-for-Word Translation: No points will be awarded on an open quiz question for translating a source sentence word-for-word, as literal word-for-word translation does not accurately reflect how translation works.

Exam Content: Paragraphs selected for translation on the Final Exam will be taken from familiar texts.
Penalty for Academic Dishonesty: Any student caught copying a translation from a mobile device or from another student's screen will lose $100\%$ of their final exam grade.