Booking an Interpreted Meeting About Her Son's Report
Year adviser (speaking English) and Parent (speaking Russian) talk through “Booking an Interpreted Meeting About Her Son's Report”. You interpret both ways — English into Russian, and Russian into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
English → Русский
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Welcome, Ms Sokolova. Here at Georges River College Hurstville Boys Campus, we can arrange an interpreted meeting about your son's report. What would you like clarified?
Model answer and marking points
Добро пожаловать, госпожа Соколова. Здесь, в кампусе для мальчиков в Херствилле колледжа «Джорджес-Ривер», мы можем организовать встречу с переводчиком, чтобы обсудить школьный отчёт вашего сына. Что бы вы хотели уточнить?
What an examiner checks here:
- Welcomes Ms Sokolova
- Georges River College, Hurstville Boys Campus
- Can arrange a meeting with an interpreter about her son's report
- question: What would she like clarified?
Easy to miss: The meeting is about her son's report, and the final sentence is a question.
Я хотела бы обсудить три предмета: английский, математику и естествознание. В отчёте от шестнадцатого октября я не всё поняла. Мне хотелось бы, чтобы мне объяснили комментарии учителей.
Model answer and marking points
I'd like to discuss three subjects: English, maths and science. I didn't understand everything in the report dated 16 October. I'd like someone to explain the teachers' comments to me.
What an examiner checks here:
- Wants to discuss three subjects
- English, maths and science
- Report dated 16 October
- Did not understand everything in the report
- Wants the teachers' comments explained
Easy to miss: She did not understand everything, rather than understanding nothing.
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Interpret it aloud now →We can explain the comments in the report issued on 16 October and discuss his progress. This meeting won't change his marks in those three subjects.
Model answer and marking points
Мы можем объяснить комментарии в отчёте, выданном 16 октября, и обсудить его успехи в учёбе. Эта встреча не изменит его оценки по этим трём предметам.
What an examiner checks here:
- Can explain the report comments
- Report issued on 16 October
- Can discuss her son's progress
- Meeting will not change his marks in those three subjects
Easy to miss: Keep the explicit statement that the meeting will not change his marks.
Да, именно этот отчёт. Я могу немного говорить по-английски, но такие подробности мне сложно понять. Пожалуйста, пригласите русского переводчика, чтобы сыну не пришлось переводить.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, that's the report. I can speak a little English, but I find details like these difficult to understand. Please arrange a Russian interpreter so my son won't have to interpret.
What an examiner checks here:
- Confirms that this is the report
- Can speak a little English
- Finds these details difficult to understand
- Requests a Russian interpreter
- Son should not have to interpret
Easy to miss: She speaks some English but needs a Russian interpreter for the details.
Certainly. The school will book a Russian interpreter so your son won't need to interpret. Would 3 November at 3:45 pm suit you?
Model answer and marking points
Конечно. Школа закажет русского переводчика, так что вашему сыну не придётся переводить. Вам подойдёт 3 ноября в 15:45?
What an examiner checks here:
- School will book a Russian interpreter
- Son will not need to interpret
- question: Would 3 November at 3:45 pm suit her?
Easy to miss: The proposed time is 3:45 pm on 3 November.
Да, третьего ноября в пятнадцать сорок пять я смогу прийти. Я договорюсь на работе и уйду пораньше. Мне подойти в школьную канцелярию?
Model answer and marking points
Yes, I can come on 3 November at 3:45 pm. I'll make arrangements at work and leave early. Should I come to the school office?
What an examiner checks here:
- Can attend on 3 November
- Time is 3:45 pm
- Will make arrangements at work
- Will leave work early
- question: Should she come to the school office?
Easy to miss: Her question asks where to come; she has not yet been told to go to the school office.
Please come to the school office, and I'll meet you there. The booking is provisional until I confirm the interpreter. What's your preferred contact method?
Model answer and marking points
Пожалуйста, подойдите в школьную канцелярию, я встречу вас там. Пока я не подтвержу участие переводчика, запись на встречу остаётся предварительной. Как с вами лучше связаться?
What an examiner checks here:
- Come to the school office
- Staff member will meet her there
- Booking is provisional
- Confirmation depends on securing the interpreter
- question: What is her preferred contact method?
Easy to miss: The booking remains provisional until the interpreter is confirmed.
Лучше позвоните мне на мобильный после обеда. На работе утром я обычно не могу ответить. И правильно ли я поняла, что оценки останутся прежними?
Model answer and marking points
It's best to call me on my mobile after lunch. I'm usually unable to answer in the morning when I'm at work. And have I understood correctly that the marks will stay the same?
What an examiner checks here:
- Prefers a call to her mobile
- Call after lunch
- Usually cannot answer at work in the morning
- question: Has she understood correctly that the marks will stay the same?
Easy to miss: She usually cannot answer in the morning, and she asks for confirmation about unchanged marks.
I'll call your mobile after lunch when the interpreter is confirmed. This meeting will explain the existing report; it won't change any of his marks.
Model answer and marking points
Я позвоню вам на мобильный после обеда, когда участие переводчика будет подтверждено. На этой встрече мы объясним содержание уже выданного отчёта; ни одна из его оценок не изменится.
What an examiner checks here:
- Will call her mobile
- Call after lunch
- Call once the interpreter is confirmed
- Meeting will explain the existing report
- Will not change any of her son's marks
Easy to miss: The call depends on interpreter confirmation, and none of his marks will change.
Да, пересмотра оценок я не прошу. Просто сын говорит, что на уроках всё получается, а в отчёте написано, что ему трудно выполнять письменные задания. Что мне принести?
Model answer and marking points
Yes, I'm not asking for his marks to be reviewed. It's just that my son says he's doing well in class, but the report says he finds written assignments difficult. What should I bring?
What an examiner checks here:
- Not requesting a review of his marks
- Son says he is doing well in class
- Report says he struggles with written assignments
- question: What should she bring?
Easy to miss: Keep the distinction between what her son says and what the report says.
Bring the report and any questions about those three subjects. We can discuss his written work and practical ways you could support him at home.
Model answer and marking points
Принесите отчёт и подготовьте вопросы по этим трём предметам. Мы можем обсудить его письменные работы и то, как вы могли бы помогать ему дома на практике.
What an examiner checks here:
- Bring the report
- Bring any questions about those three subjects
- Can discuss his written work
- Can discuss practical ways she could support him at home
Easy to miss: The support discussed is practical help at home, and the questions concern those three subjects.
Хорошо, принесу отчёт и запишу вопросы по всем трём предметам. Я хочу понять, как помогать сыну дома. Буду ждать вашего звонка, чтобы знать, что встреча подтверждена.
Model answer and marking points
All right, I'll bring the report and write down questions about all three subjects. I want to understand how to help my son at home. I'll wait for your call so I know the meeting is confirmed.
What an examiner checks here:
- Will bring the report
- Will write down questions about all three subjects
- Wants to understand how to help her son at home
- Will wait for the staff member's call
- Call will let her know the meeting is confirmed
Easy to miss: She is waiting for a call to confirm the meeting; it is not confirmed yet.
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