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translator is someone who takes written information and rewrites it in another

An interpreter listens to what someone says and repeats it in another lang11age.
Not all translators are interpreters, and not all interpreters are translators. Currano tearnea
how to do both in school.
English is Currano's native language. She started leaming Spanish at school, then
studied in Spain and took classes in translation.
Translators andinterpreters are neededinmanyindustries. Police, courts, the govemment
and international businesses all use translators and interpreters daily. Most traislators
and
interpreters don't have extra training in the arcathey want to work in. Currano didn,t
have
any medical training, so when she started, she camied a medical dictionary wherever she
went. She doesn't need it any more, but she still carries a bilingual dictionary to help her
language.

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recording in one piece.
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animal.

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recording in one piece.
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to see me in a play.
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test. That,s how I
was chosen.
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I read the books when I was about 8 years old. I have recently found my
old copy of the book. I had written in the front, "This book belongs
to Benjamin
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Barnes."
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I had to do a few weeks of horse trainins. I was on a horse for five or

six hours
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battles.
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bit, which was iust

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drums.

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With new technology you don't have to wait to be 17 years

old to drive. you can
make your own racing car and race it against your classmates.
The new machine
cuts out your design of a racing car, done on a computer,
in balsa wood.
Imagine if your printer produced a three dimensional
object made of plastic. well
that's what the 3D printer can do.
You can also place a real object inside the 3D scanner,
and it will copy the object
and recreate it in plastic.
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invention. If you don,t
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up.
Some people think future students won't need to go to sehool at all!

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dinners. I love competitions 2,
! I also like watching cookery plogrammes
to make it healthy, tasty and 3.
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my menu, It was just so exciting!
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film star!
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