Mediating for a real reader

A practice High German notice with a defined recipient A learner is asked to communicate essential information from a supplied High German notice to a Low German reader who needs to decide whether to attend an activity. The notice contains background material,conditions and a statement that an arrangement is provisional. The first draft translates every sentence in source order and changes the provisional arrangement into a promise. A partner suggests selecting the relevant information,retaining the uncertainty and organizing the message for the recipient’s purpose. No reply has been supplied,so acceptance must not be invented. The exercise requires independent Low German production after the planning stage; recognition of a suitable principle is only a preparatory component. Language forms should be checked through appropriate references rather than invented by mechanical substitution.