Translation a success at Gower College Swansea

A Level French and Spanish students at Gower College Swansea have been inspired by a visit from Anna Bastek, CEO of Wolfestone Translation Ltd, who spoke about the exciting opportunities that translation offers. Her speech was described as “inspirational” by one student and the students were all amazed at the career opportunities translation offers. The visit was organised by Lucy Turtle, the college Enterprise Project Officer, as part of the Dynamo Role-Model programme.

Translation is an integral part of both the A Level French and Spanish courses and students frequently practise translating. This year, it was decided to introduce the Gower College Translation Competition, a challenging competition which was open to French fast-track learners at Tycoch and French and Spanish A Level full time learners at the Gorseinon campus.

The students had to translate a complex article into English under exam conditions and lecturers Siân Brooks and Chris Elias, who organised the competition, were delighted with the response. Five students in each category were short-listed and their entries were then sent to Wolfestone Translation Ltd for judging.

The winners in each category were Ben Hockley, a full-time A Level French student at Gorseinon, A Level Spanish student, Rhiannon Thomas Val, and Llinos Davies, a part time A Level French fast track student at Tycoch.

Each winner was presented with a Kindle by Anna Bastek. Siân Brooks commented: “Anna has proved to be a superb role model and we are delighted that she has agreed to continue her involvement with us so that the Gower College Translation Competition can become an annual event.”