Using a bilingual dictionary of any target language besides English and your native language [for example, if your native language is Spanish, choose any language other than Spanish] (translate.google.com will make this easier), attempt to translate the following English sentences by looking up each word:

The children will eat the fish. Send the professor a letter from your new school.

The fish will be eaten by the children. Who is the person that is hugging that dog?

a) Have a person who knows (preferably a native speaker) the target language give a correct translation of each sentence. What difficulties are brought to light by comparing the two translations? Mention five of them.

a) Have a different person who knows the target language translate the grammatical translation back into English. What problems do you observe? Are they related to any of the difficulties you mentioned in part (a)?