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- JCJeremiah ChungMay 28, 2016
In Manila computer generated portion OT narrative comic version in used
"Reaching Young People in Manila: Our software has produced Tagalog translations of Ruth, Esther, and Daniel, and we’re working through Genesis. The translations of Ruth, Esther, and Daniel have been edited and put into…
- FLFausto LirianoMay 26, 2016
So here it is: The Emoji Bible Translation!
A mysterious person, publicly known only as 😎 , has translated the Bible into emoji. You read that correctly: emoji. I remember talking about this possibility when I started my training with UBS, and it is crazy that is…
- MDMarijke de LangMay 25, 2016
Wittgenstein on Language
"Words did not, he had come to believe, primarily provide a picture of life (the word “snake” representing, or sounding like, an actual snake); they were better conceived of as a part of the activity of life. As such, th…
- JMJames MaxeyMay 23, 2016
Objectivity
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- BKBen KuwitzkyMay 20, 2016
A Chart of English Bibles and Their Relationships
I had some fun charting out English Bible translations and their relationships to one another, from Wycliffe to present day. My primary guide was Bruce Metzger's The Bible in Translation: Ancient and English Versions. Th…
- PBPeter BrassingtonMay 19, 2016
80 Popular Scripture Products of 2016
This was a starting point for listing some of the scripture products and scripture based products produced by and for minority language communities (and some major languages too!). Inclusion does not always mean global e…
- GGGilles GravelleMay 11, 2016
Orality and Literacy Revisited
Extracted text from Orality_and_Literacy_Revisited_-_Draft.pdf: 1 Orality and Literacy Revisited1 Working Draft Gilles Gravelle Thirty three years ago Walter Ong published his lifes work in Orality and Literacy. The book…
- JCJeremiah ChungMay 11, 2016
Invitation for Free online course "Lean Data approaches to measure social impact" (for BT/SE)
Three week course, one hour lesson, two hours team project per week. You can choose to audit only(no project/assignment). For those who are interested, we may work together as a team for BT or SE projects.
- BKBen KuwitzkyMay 10, 2016
Ambiguity as a Translation Value
“I like how you translated that verse. It’s very ambiguous.” These are words you might not expect to hear from a translation consultant. They seem to fly in the face of the ‘clear, accurate, natural’ mantra that so many…
- JCJeremiah ChungMay 7, 2016
Bible Translathon
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- JCJeremiah ChungMay 5, 2016
Potential of BT/SE in Collaborative Christian Digital Website -- Indigitous
We may need to add the Bible translation and Scriptural Engagement domain there. This website with localization in different languages, including Chinese. I wish our multi-lingual Korean friends may also localized in Kor…
- GNGift NyirendaMay 3, 2016
Gender inconsistency in Hebrew Pronominal suffixes in Amos 4:1-5
Can someone help me with material that explains gender inconsistency in Hebrew Pronominal suffixes in Amos 4:1-5 in the attachment. A good book on Biblical Hebrew pronouns would also be of help. Thoughts and reflections…
- NSNANG SAWM PIANGMay 3, 2016
What is the pitfall of dynamic equivalence theory?
Eugene Nida had started and developed the dynamic-equivalence Bible-translation theory . But now many other theories are emerging such as translation as communication, translation as culture, translation as creation, sko…
- EEEd EbojoMay 3, 2016
Should Women be silent in the Churches? Women's audible voices in the Textual Variants of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
Check out: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266137987\Should\Women\be\silent\in\the\Churches\Women%27s\audible\voices\in\the\Textual\Variants\of\1\Corinthians\1434-35
- GBGema BumMay 3, 2016
What is the correct meaning of the phrase ''prince of peace'' as recorded in Isaiah 9:6?
The exact meaning of the phrase ''Prince of Peace'' in the book of Isaiah 9:6 is not given by any translation, not even the most recent meaning-based translation. I am convinced that the ''prince'' used here is not the s…
- JCJi-Youn ChoMay 3, 2016
A History of Korean Bible Translation
I'd like to share my brief article on "A History of Korean Bible Translation" with you. Extracted text from A_History_of_Korean_Bible_Translation.pdf: A History of Korean Bible Translation Ji-Youn Cho (Korean Bible Socie…
- BPBenjamin PehrsonApr 30, 2016
New spaces and paths for ministry in the collaborative cohort model of Bible translation
This is an abridged translation of Emil Ninkure's oral report on the need and opportunity for holistic language development and Scripture engagement within the Aitape West Translation Project in Sandaun Province, Papua N…
- JCJeremiah ChungApr 30, 2016
Apostles' Creed Semantic Representation project started
Hey, we just started working on Apostles' Creed Semantic representation. Please pray for us. 我們已開始“使徒信經”的語意表式（Semantic representation/TBTAese) 以用作電腦輔助翻譯為多種語言。請大家禱告記念。
- BKBen KuwitzkyApr 29, 2016
Rhetoric in Corinthian Correspondence (and Implications for Translation)
This series of posts is ending on a somewhat anticlimactic note, because the final paper in Translating Truth doesn’t contain much explicit discussion on translation. Most of the paper revolves around a discussion of Pau…
- JCJeremiah ChungApr 29, 2016
Translating Apostles' Creed to all languages
Once the ethnic-lingual communities have this frame work, they can start with contextualize/indigenous theology along with further exploring the whole Bible and advocating further direction for vernacular scriptural tran…