Number
AS90114
Version
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Achievement Standard
Subject Reference
Latin 1.1
Title
Translate elementary unfamiliar Latin text into English
Level
1
Subfield
Languages
Domain
Latin
Registration date
Credits
13 December 2001
6
Assessment
Date version published
External
13 December 2001
This achievement standard requires the translation of a previously unseen passage of
elementary Latin prose of 120-150 words into English.
Achievement Criteria
Achievement
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with
Excellence
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Convey the meaning of
sections of the passage in
English.
Convey the meaning of
most of the passage in
English.
Convey the meaning of
the whole passage in
natural English with few
major and very few minor
errors.
Explanatory Notes
1
Definitions
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Convey the meaning means there is evidence that the student has:
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grasped the general sense of a passage
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accurately translated specific details
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demonstrated an overall understanding of idiom.
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Sections may be defined as one continuous section of the passage or several
scattered sections, but, for Achievement, should amount in total to approximately
half the passage.
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Number
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AS90114
Version
1
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A major error is one in syntax, distorting the meaning of the sentence, eg a
purpose clause instead of a result clause.
A minor error is one of accidence, eg singular/plural, incorrect tense, positive for
superlative.
Natural English implies the observation of English word order and grammatical
conventions eg ‘Caesar, cum …’ translated as ‘When Caesar …’, ablative absolute
- ‘pecunia rapta’ translated as ‘after snatching the money’.
2
The passage for translation will be elementary Latin narrative prose of 120-150 words.
It will be adapted as necessary to conform to the accidence and syntax in the prescribed
list for Level 1 (see Appendix 2 - http://www.tki.org.nz/ncea).
3
The prescribed word list will be provided (see Appendix 1 - http://www.tki.org.nz/ncea).
Additional vocabulary will be glossed. No further reference material may be used.
Quality Assurance
1
Providers and Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications
Authority before they can register credits from assessment against achievement
standards.
2
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against
achievement standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those
achievement standards.
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0226
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