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Andy Warren-RothlinAug 21, 2024Laughing in all the wrong places
The Nuremberg trials involved great advances in interpreting methodology and technology. But this image shows a translation error provoking an appalling moment of levity in the midst of horror. Surely one of the worst th…
Jeff GreenAug 19, 2024The Bible Translator 75.2 (August 2024)
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/tbtd/75/2 Bible Society access | SIL access This issue of The Bible Translator includes analyses of the English Revised Jewish Publication Society and Timshel translations, the Tibetan tr…
Drew MaustAug 2, 2024Choctaw Bibles Connect Christians with Lost Heritage (Christianity Today)
Translation and digitization projects are seeking to revitalize the Indigenous language. Hannah McClellan|July 31, 2024 Kenny Wallace doesn’t have a lot of people to talk to in Choctaw. But he does have a Bible app with…
- BMBrian MigliazzaJul 30, 2024
AUGUST 2024 Translation News
Google Link to the PDF AUGUST 2024 Translation Newsletter Extracted text from 08_Aug_2024_TransNews.pdf: Subject August 2024 Translation News Preheader International Translation Services (ITS) International Translation S…
- NPNick PetersonJul 26, 2024
SIL Translation Resources Report
Dear Friends, Translation Resources is happy to announce more resources that are available and about to become available within Translator’s Workplace. A special thanks to Dave Smith for all his hard work making sure tha…
- PKPhil KingJul 22, 2024
BT Communities of practice
Hi folks, A couple of years ago I collected the information about BT communities of practice given here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MMb\_0VnLtAYqj6RITFUEsIEUN5EhfFEnr47J8hqrQiY/edit?usp=sharing. This doc is also…
- SHSameh HannaJul 18, 2024
Arabic, a Christian Language
"The histories of Arabic and Islam are often conflated, on the assumption that Arabic is an 'Islamic language.' There are various reasons for this assumption, ranging from the Qur’an’s self-identification as an 'Arabic Q…
- ACAndrew CaseJul 17, 2024
What Can Memorizing All of Job in Hebrew Teach Us about how to Translate One Verse?
The other day I ran across a fascinating article written by a Cambridge PhD student who memorized the entire book of Job in Hebrew as part of her dissertation research. The article was entitled Learning to love: The sur…
- ACAndrew CaseJul 17, 2024
Songs for Learning Hebrew
In case some of you haven't seen this playlist, the purpose is to serve those who are learning/maintaining biblical Hebrew by providing songs that incorporate biblical texts word-for-word. Enjoy! https://youtube.com/play…
- TSTodd ScacewaterJul 15, 2024
JLCR 5.1 Available (Open Access)
Dallas International University proudly announces the release the ninth issue of its internationally recognized, peer-reviewed Journal of Language, Culture, and Religion (5.1). This issue includes a typical blend of acad…
- EWernst wendlandJul 13, 2024
Jesus Will Speak in 100 Tongues, Thanks to Man Who Helped Disney’s Elsa Sing in 41 Languages
INTERVIEW BY GISELLE SEIDEL|JULY 10, 2024 -- Christianity today CT recently spoke with Dempsey about his transition from Disney, the arduous process of translation and localization, and how The Chosen is connecting with…
- Andy Warren-RothlinJul 11, 2024
Translating the Bible:past & present
This forthcoming bilingual volume, including UBS and SIL contributors, is announced and can be pre-ordered here. Jan Joosten has helpfully posted the contents page here:
- Jeff GreenJul 4, 2024
The Bible Translator Archive
Introducing a new version of the archive for The Bible Translator. All articles except those from the past five years are available for free here: https://translation.bible/the-bible-translator-archive/ Even with all the…
- JHJim HarriesJul 2, 2024
The Need for Metastasizing of Bible Translation: to Save the Day in Africa
I am working on an article (4100 words), proposed for presentation at a BT conference, with the above provisional title and abstract. I'm happy to send my current draft for any interested comment. In essence, I am propos…
- BMBrian MigliazzaJun 29, 2024
JULY 2024 Translation News
Google Link to the PDF JULY 2024 Translation Newsletter Extracted text from 07_Jul_2024_TransNews.pdf: Subject July 2024 Translation News Preheader International Translation Services (ITS) International Translation Servi…
- JGJean GotopoJun 22, 2024
Rhetorical Chain in Matthew 6:22-23
Text of Matthew 6:22-23 (ESV) "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in yo…
- JGJean GotopoJun 20, 2024
Metonymic Chains in the Bible
Definition of Metonymic Chains Metonymic strings are relationships between two or more metonyms, or even between a metonymy and another figure of speech, in which one word or phrase is replaced by another with which it h…
- JGJean GotopoJun 20, 2024
Cadenas Metonímicas en la Biblia
Definición de Cadenas Metonímicas Las cadenas metonímicas son relaciones entre dos o más metonimias, o incluso entre una metonimia y otra figura retórica, en las cuales una palabra o frase es reemplazada por otra con la…
- BMBrian MigliazzaJun 19, 2024
Linguistic Videos for Bible Translation
SIL International recently began producing a series of linguistic videos for translation. Each video aims to explain in about 6 minutes a specific language construction in non-technical terms and what difference understa…
- STSamy Tioyé, PhDJun 17, 2024
COURS INTENSIF SUR LES LOIS, LES RITUELS ET SACRIFICES DU LEVITIQUE
Embarquez pour un voyage au cœur de l’hébreu biblique du livre de Lévitique. Démêlez sa signification historique, culturelle et théologique pour la traduction de la Bible. Dirigé par des Consultants Internationaux en Tra…