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Andrew CaseOct 8, 2026Free Book on Copyright & Bible Translation
God’s Word Is Not Bound: Copyright & the Stewardship of Scripture Can the Word of God be owned and restricted by man? In the modern world, Scripture is often controlled by copyright. Bible translations, manuscript images…
Andy Warren-RothlinAug 19, 2026Bible Translation: Translating Ambiguity, Metaphors and Word Play
Date: Monday 23 November 2026 Time: 9.00-11.30 AM Venue: Sheraton Room: Governor’s Square 12 Speaker 1: Knut Heim (Denver Seminary)Title: “Bible Translation Theory and Practice: Identifying and Rendering Ambiguity” Abstr…
- EJEditor JOTJul 3, 2026
Force Dynamics, Image Schemas, and Constructional Polysemy in the Prepositions ἐπί and κατά in Postclassical Greek (Aubrey & Aubrey 2026)
SIL’s Journal of Translation is pleased to announce the publication of Force Dynamics, Image Schemas, and Constructional Polysemy in the Prepositions ἐπί and κατά in Postclassical Greek Rachel E. Aubrey and Michael G. Au…
- EJEditor JOTMay 23, 2026
More Than a Wish: Translating Old Testament Blessings as Multifunctional Speech Acts (Schmidt 2026)
SIL’s Journal of Translation is pleased to announce the publication of the second article of 2026: More Than a Wish: Translating Old Testament Blessings as Multifunctional Speech Acts Schmidt, Peter. 2026. “More Than a W…
- EJEditor JOTMar 25, 2026
Lilith: How the Translation History of a 2,700-Year-Old Word Came to Impact 21st Century Culture (Johnson 2026)
SIL’s Journal of Translation is proud to announce the publication of its first article of 2026: Lilith: How the Translation History of a 2,700-Year-Old Word Came to Impact 21st Century Culture Johnson, Martin. 2026. “Lil…
- EJEditor JOTDec 17, 2025
POET Psalms 33 and 38: On Translating 22-verse Psalms as Double Acrostics (Boerger 2025)
SIL’s Journal of Translation is proud to announce the publication of its final article of 2025: POET Psalms 33 and 38: On Translating 22-verse Psalms as Double Acrostics Boerger, Brenda H. 2025. “POET Psalms 33 and 38: O…
Drew MaustOct 20, 2025Institutionalizing Evangelical Thought through Translation Studies
Schögler, Rafael, and Christina Korak. 2025. “In the Name of Nida: Institutionalizing Evangelical Thought through Translation Studies.” Mutatis Mutandis. Revista Latinoamericana de Traducción 18 (2): 344–69. https://doi.…
- EJEditor JOTAug 8, 2025
Review of: The Word as word: A Canonical-Hermeneutical Approach to Translation by Michael Straus (Wendland 2025)
SIL’s Journal of Translation is proud to announce its fourth article of 2025, a book review: Review of: The Word as word: A Canonical-Hermeneutical Approach to Translation by Michael Straus Wendland, Ernst R. 2025. “Revi…
- EJEditor JOTJun 17, 2025
Portrait of a Translator: Francis Seely and the 1971 Revision of the Thai Bible (Liao 2025)
SIL’s Journal of Translation is proud to announce the publication of the third article of 2025: Portrait of a Translator: Francis Seely and the 1971 Revision of the Thai Bible Liao, Doug. 2025. “Portrait of a Translator:…
- EJEditor JOTApr 3, 2025
Amateur English-Kiswahili Interpretation in Tanzanian Pentecostal Churches (Mlundi 2025)
SIL’s Journal of Translation is proud to announce the publication of our first article of 2025: Amateur English-Kiswahili Interpretation in Tanzanian Pentecostal Churches: Challenges and Strategies Mlundi, Simon. 2025. “…
- EJEditor JOTOct 10, 2024
On Biblical Hebrew Poetry: New Critique and Response Articles in JOT (Wendland, Grosser 2024)
Two new open-access articles are now available in SIL’s Journal of Translation: Can Parallelism in Biblical Hebrew Poetry be “Unparalleled”? Wendland, Ernst R. 2024. “Can Parallelism in Biblical Hebrew Poetry Be ‘Unparal…
- EJEditor JOTSep 6, 2024
Attaining Quality in Oral Bible Translation: A Guide to Effective Practice (Frost, Mustin, Beal 2024)
A new open-access article is now available in SIL’s Journal of Translation: Attaining Quality in Oral Bible Translation: A Guide to Effective Practice Frost, Joshua, Nikki Mustin, and Heather Beal. 2024. “Attaining Quali…
- EJEditor JOTJul 18, 2024
Trust the Process: Improving Translator Training Workshops (Morgan 2024)
A new article in Journal of Translation 20.2 (2024) is now available to download and read for free: Morgan, Paul Franklin. 2024. “Trust the Process: Improving Translator Training Workshops.” Journal of Translation 20 (2)…
- EJEditor JOTApr 13, 2024
Journal of Translation - All Articles
This post is continuously updated to list all 128 articles published in SIL's Journal of Translation, currently vols. 1-22 (2005-), as an export from the JOT public Zotero group library. Abu-Mahfouz, Ahmad. 2008. “Transl…
- EJEditor JOTApr 12, 2024
Journal of Translation 20.1 (2024) now available
The latest issue of SIL’s Journal of Translation is now available. Visit the links below to read all articles free of charge. Journal of Translation 20.1 (2024) Liao, Doug. “Listening to the Other: Kuang’s Babel, Postcol…
- EJEditor JOTJun 7, 2023
Journal of Translation 19.1 (2023) now available
The latest issue of SIL’s Journal of Translation is now available. Visit the links below to download PDFs of all articles free of charge. Journal of Translation 19.1 (2023) Downie, Jonathan. “Building Partnership Between…
- EJEditor JOTDec 9, 2022
Journal of Translation 18.2 (2022) now available
The latest issue of SIL’s Journal of Translation is now available! Visit the links below to download PDFs of all articles free of charge. Journal of Translation 18.2 (2022) Nicolle, Steve. 2022. “Conditionals in the New…
- EJEditor JOTApr 28, 2022
Journal of Translation 18.1 (2022) now available!
Journal of Translation 18.1 (2022) is now available! Visit the links below to download these articles in PDF format free of charge. Journal of Translation 18.1 (2022) Boswell, Freddy. Editor’s Foreword. Journal of Transl…
Drew MaustApr 6, 2021I Am Burnt but Beautiful: Translating Song 1:5a
Alice Ogden Bellis, “I Am Burnt but Beautiful: Translating Song 1:5a,” Journal of Biblical Literature 140.1 (2021): 91–111. https://doi.org/10.15699/jbl.1401.2021.5 Abstract The translation of Song 1:5a as “I am black an…
Andy Warren-RothlinDec 1, 2020Le Sycomore sur Point-Théo
Extracted text from https://point-theo.com/le-sycomore-ou-penser-pour-mieux-traduire/: MENU Le Sycomore, ou penser pour mieux traduire Auteur: Sara Le Levier La traduction de la Bible est une discipline exigeante mais co…

