Translation 101: Prepare for GCSE and A-levels in MFL

Top workbooks, activities and revision tasks to practise translating in French, German and Spanish

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Practising Translation in a Classroom at KS4 and KS5 Secondary MFL

Activities, workbooks, guides and practice tasks to help students tackle translation exercises

Being able to translate sentences from one language to another is a skill students need to have developed to be assessed for KS4 and KS5 level qualifications. This can often be hard, as learners need to understand the meaning of tricky expressions such as collocations and idioms. Here's a collection of popular resources to help your students practise translation in French, Spanish and German.

French

Check out the most popular resources to work on translation in French. You can also find a large collection of GCSE revision resources in our French GCSE collection.

German

Browse through the most sought-after German translation activities, worksheets and guides to the pitfalls involved in translation. Have a look at our German GCSE collection for more revision resources.

Translation Grammar Mat Support for A Level
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Translation Grammar Mat Support for A Level

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Translating into German can be tricky. This resource shows summaries of how to use the: passive in 6 key tenses; modal verb conjugation in 3 tenses (past, present and future); key elements to be careful of when translating; auxiliary verbs in 3 tenses; a summary of irregular verbs; verb patterns an...
German Lifesaver Linked Translation  answers
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German Lifesaver Linked Translation answers

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Answer section to the German Lifesaver Linked Translation Activity Booklet. [Here is the link to the main activity booklet:] https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/german-linked-translation-lifesaver-booklet-12466732 This answer section is available separately so that teachers can decide whether to ...

Spanish

Choose from these booklets, worksheets and skills builders to improve learners' translation skills in Spanish. Our Spanish GCSE collection also has a range of revision ideas.

Triumphant Translations Worksheet - Module 1 - Holidays
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Triumphant Translations Worksheet - Module 1 - Holidays

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A translation challenge worksheet to support revision. This includes 5 sets of translations varying from full paragraphs in the style of higher tier to short sentences like the foundation exam. As well as the translations themselves, there is also additional support in the form of individual word an...