Modular Aggregation of Principles for Bible Translation
Articles, links, and files related to translation in general and Bible translation in particular.
- JCJeremiah ChungMar 3, 2018
Project2025
I have a very long todo list, one of the the items is to put two blog in GOSP4EL blog every month. I'm sorry that I procrastinate a lot. And I try to make it up and make 6 post this month in March. This will be my 30 Day…
Andy Warren-RothlinFeb 28, 2018Tumor-induced hyper-religiosity
Extracted text from http://www.bbc.com: Accessibility links Accessibility Help Sign in BBC navigation Home News More Search Future Menu In Depth Neuroscience Brain The woman whose tumour made her religion deadly ADVERTIS…
- RBRobert BascomFeb 19, 2018
Benjamin Bergen: "What the F"
Again, Marijke de Lang pointed me toward this.
- RCRoy CiampaFeb 19, 2018
Free articles from Dead Sea Discoveries
Dead Sea Discoveries articles available for free. "To celebrate the 25th Volume of Dead Sea Discoveries, 25 articles from the past 25 Volumes will be available for free downloading during 2018. The first 5 articles are n…
- HSHarold ScanlinFeb 19, 2018
CTAT 5
Over 120 titles in the Open Access Monograph Series: Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis are now available for free download. The latest release is the fifth and final volume in Critique textuelle de l’Ancien Testament Tome 5:…
- RCRoy CiampaFeb 15, 2018
"Translation error leaves Norway Olympic team with 15,000 eggs"
"Translation error leaves Norway Olympic team with 15,000 eggs" by Ariel Scotti They say, someone "scrambled their egg order." But the grocery store took the egg-stras back, so there was minimal egg on anyone's face at t…
- RCRoy CiampaFeb 15, 2018
"Lawrence Venuti wins [Northwestern University's] Global Humanities Translation Prize," by Jon Yates
Lawrence Venuti wins Global Humanities Translation Prize by Jon Yates. The prize is given for "a translation-in-progress of a global literary or scholarly text. Venuti will translate Daybook 1918: Early Fragments by Cata…
- RBRobert BascomFeb 15, 2018
Smarty Plants and biosemiotics
Lest one wonder what this might have to do with BT, remember that some semioticians want to include biosemiotics under their purview as part of the life sciences (having already claimed at least the social sciences alrea…
- RBRobert BascomFeb 14, 2018
A bilingual love story
So how is this relevant to BT? Well, has anyone ever produced a bilingual scripture product (not a diglott, but in code-switching)? Or would this be the last taboo in BT? After all, we have texting scripture products, Tw…
- SCSimon CrispFeb 13, 2018
Bible Translation at International SBL Meeting
This is a brief reminder that the closing moment for submitting abstracts for the EABS/Nida Bible Translation sessions at this summer's IBSL meeting in Helsinki is fast approaching. You can find the Call for Papers for t…
- CKClare KnowlesFeb 8, 2018
The Missing Shade of Blue
http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/02/Missing-Shade-Blue
- MNMisheck NyirendaFeb 7, 2018
Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew Program Unit, SBL 2018 - Call for Papers
The Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew program unit solicits papers for four sessions at the Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting, 17-20 November 2018 in Denver. The first session (co-sponsored with NAPH) is non-th…
- RBRobert BascomFeb 3, 2018
The Forgetting Machine: Memory, Perception, and the "Jennifer Aniston Neuron"
From Ginger Campbell of the "Brain Science" podcast.: "Neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga has written a wonderfully accessible book called The Forgetting Machine: Memory, Perception, and the "Jennifer Aniston Neuron."…
- RBRobert BascomFeb 2, 2018
Finnish comedian ISMO thinks "ass" is the most complicated word in the English language
Funny and thought-provoking for translators at the same time. Extracted text from http://www.facebook.com: ErrorUtils caught an error: "Minified exception occurred; use the non-minified dev environment for the ful...". S…
- RBRobert BascomFeb 2, 2018
Orcas can imitate human speech
Another contribution from Marijke de Lang. Extracted text from https://www.theguardian.com: Uncaught (in promise) [object Event] :0 in apply Uncaught (in promise) [object Event] :0 in apply Skip to main content The Guard…
- RBRobert BascomFeb 2, 2018
How pronunciation provokes passionate reactions
Thanks to Marijke de Lang for pointing this out. Extracted text from https://www.theguardian.com: Skip to main content The Guardian - Back to home Make a contribution News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle News Opinion Spo…
- RCRoy CiampaJan 30, 2018
"Lost In Translation: The Power Of Language To Shape How We View The World," by Shankar Vedantam (interviewing Lera Boroditsky)
"Lost In Translation: The Power Of Language To Shape How We View The World," by Shankar Vedantam The podcast discusses different ways people tend think about gender and objects in the world based on their grammatical gen…
- RCRoy CiampaJan 30, 2018
Fighting with Gladiators (or wild beasts) in Ephesus
Smithsonian Magazine recently published this fascinating video about the discovery of a mass grave of gladiators in northern England. A key to this story and the identification of the grave sites is the recognition of pa…
- RCRoy CiampaJan 23, 2018
"What We Talk About When We Talk About Translation" by Deborah Smith
"What We Talk About When We Talk About Translation" by Deborah Smith Deborah Smith was awarded (along with Han Kang) the Man Booker International Prize for her translation of Kang’s The Vegetarian. Her translation has re…
- RCRoy CiampaJan 23, 2018
"David Bentley Hart's mind-bending translation of the New Testament" by James Parker
"David Bentley Hart's mind-bending translation of the New Testament" by James Parker This review gives readers unfamiliar with David Bentley Hart a bit more information about the man and an interesting take on his transl…