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### Building the Larger Meaning
The translator must determine what each word means in each context, and then reproduce that same meaning in the translated text. That means that words cannot be translated individually, but only with the meaning that they have when they are combined together with the other words in the phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and chapters in which they form a part. When you are doing the consume step it is important to read the whoel chapter so that you can understand the greater context which provides clues to the meaning of the words and prhases. Additionally, when you are doing the checking steps, remember to compare your draft to the source text as a whole, not just at the level of words but also in the paragraphs and chapters.
The translator must determine what each word means in each context, and then reproduce that same meaning in the translated text. That means that words cannot be translated individually, but only with the meaning that they have when they are combined together with the other words in the phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and chapters in which they form a part. When you are doing the consume step, it is important to read the whole chapter so that you can understand the greater context which provides clues to the meaning of the words and phrases. Additionally, when you are doing the checking steps, remember to compare your draft to the source text as a whole, not just at the level of words but also in the paragraphs and chapters.