PB 3A

Translations

These translations are based on the article “Simple and Flexible Self-Reproducing Structures in Asynchronous Cellular Automata and Their Dynamics” written for the International Journal of Physics C. The first is a “fairy tale” type story. The second is directed towards an older audience in the form of a obituary article. 

I will begin with conventions of a fairy tale like "Once upon a time..." and whimsical language. It will take the story of the cell and say it's troubles in the world and then go over it's journey to overcome that problem. Something short like: Once upon a time their was a little cell who could make two of him appear at anytime, anywhere. There was something very special about him that allowed him to do this. He was asynchronous. Not every cell was like him. 

It will use the scientific facts about the cellular reproduction process but in a creative and cute way that little children could understand and with a journey. It will also have a moral like if you don't give up then you will accomplish your goals or something like that. The cell will have a name and there won't be much dialogue just to keep it a story about the cell not from the cell's perspective. There will be colorful language and crazy scientists and an approachable interpretation of cellular reproduction.

The second piece for adults will be an obituary because one of the main thing in the peer-reviewed article is the fact that certain cells collide and get entangled. Therefore it will go into the death of the cell from this reproduction process and how the lack of a sheath put the cell at risk. It'll go in-depth of the cell and his lifetime from his birth, or reproduction. The obituary will be more direct without fluffy language like the fairytale and will contain bigger words because adults have a larger vocabulary than children. 

I think that both of the translations can be done easily and it's different because the science article contained equations and diagrams that only an audience aquatinted with that discipline will understand. The jargon will be removed and instead language that a normal person can understand will be featured. 

Online Class pt. 1

1) I think that WP2 went pretty well. I am really happy with the piece overall however I wished that there was almost less to write about. I felt like I was going to go over the six page limit. I also could have used a little more structure from the beginning instead of going back and trying to fix it at the end.

2) The comment the was most helpful is when they asked for clarity because then I knew where I had to work because something made sense to me but I didn't explain it well enough in my paper. Also some grammatical things that I completely overlooked.

3) I loved Monday's review session. I felt like I was really into the process of commenting and I was so focused that I totally lost track of time. It made me take a closer look at my peers paper too. 

Adult Genres
1) newspaper articles
2) job listings
3) bills
4) memos
5) emails


Children
1) fairytails (1-5 year-olds)
2) picture books (" ")
3) Judy bloom (4th-5th graders)
4) coming of age books (6th -8th)
5) fiction (all childhood)


Painting Trees

1) Each artist has a very conversational tone with his audience and repeats himself so that the audience knows exactly what is going on. They talk all through out the process or step they have just given the audience so that there is not really an awkward silence or a weird transition to another step. They also provide lots of detail about each step. The mountain one included close up of the easel to show exactly how to have the paint on the knife.

2) The style is very calm and relaxing. Each one seems very patient and casual with his audience which held the audience through the process of painting because for many this is their first encounter and it can be frustrating.

3) They have described their moves in terms of pressure, length, focus as well as "your own". For example telling the audience that this is their own creation and that they will al look different means that if someones is awful then it is simply their "own vision" and "nothing to be worried about".