Modular Aggregation of Principles for Bible Translation
Articles, links, and files related to translation in general and Bible translation in particular.
- YWYancy W. Smith, PhDJun 1, 2017
Why Bible Translation Grows Exponentially
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Drew MaustMay 29, 2017Bibliography for newcomers to translation & interpreting studies
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- GPGreg PruettMay 26, 2017
Drafting Translations by Adaptation
Many of the remaining Bible translations needed in the world are in languages related to completed New Testaments or Bibles. One leveraging point that can help us accelerate the translation process is by using adaptation…
- RCRoy CiampaMay 23, 2017
An Apologetic for More-Than-Meaning-Based Translation?
Here are just a few excerpts from the review that captured my attention: "The Face of Water is a book about what is so often lost in our modern translations: 'sound, literary imagery, emotion, and ultimately, thought and…
- SCSimon CrispMay 22, 2017
Bible in World Literatures
This looks as though it could be interesting for French speakers: https://www.editionsducerf.fr/librairie/livre/17757/la-bible-dans-les-litteratures-du-monde-coffret This link includes a detailed contents list as a downl…
- CMCynthia Miller-NaudéMay 17, 2017
Call for Papers - Conference of the Association for Translation Studies in Africa
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- RCRoy CiampaMay 16, 2017
The Interpretation of 1 Cor 7:1, and its Relevance for Translation and Retranslation, Revisited
This is a very large file, containing a 19-minute video summarizing my research and conclusions. You can find the document with other occurances of the euphemism in ancient Greek here: Extracted text from Touching_video.…
- SWSteve WhiteMay 15, 2017
Bible translators may enable machine translation for thousands of languages
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/607825/new-software-program-translates-thousands-of-rare-languages/
- BGBecky GrossmannMay 11, 2017
Context, Context, Context
Much discussion in translation studies and in our role of Bible translation today centers around context of both source and target texts. This discussion includes cognitive frames of reference, foreignization, domesticat…
- GPGreg PruettMay 10, 2017
Sharing Digital Scriptures in Many Languages
Extracted text from Finding_Digital_Scriptures_in_Any_Language.mp4: We live in a time where more languages have been translated than at any other point in history and have more scripture available . Than at any other tim…
- JHJim HarriesMay 8, 2017
‘The Idea of Philosophical Fieldwork: Global Justice, Moral Ignorance, and Intellectual Attitudes.’
Here's my review of this article, that speaks into the kinds of relationships bible translators have with indigenous colleagues, as well as the communicative role of the bible itself. This is quite a long article, and no…
- BKBen KuwitzkyMay 8, 2017
Accuracy, Precision, and the Christian Standard Bible
Not too long ago, the Holman Christian Standard Bible underwent a revision, resulting in the newly branded Christian Standard Bible. I have not spent much time with this newer version, but I began spending time with the…
- RBRobert BascomMay 5, 2017
Learning as a Geographical Process
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- RCRoy CiampaMay 5, 2017
Today (May 5, 2017) is the last day to submit a paper proposal for BT2017
For more information see: Bible Translation 2017: The 9th Biennial Bible Translation Conference.
- RCRoy CiampaApr 30, 2017
British vs. American Food (and related translation challenges)
This humorous article that seeks to "explain" British food for an American audience can serve as an interesting point of departure for thinking about other challenges in translating reference to culturally distinctive it…
- RBRobert BascomApr 25, 2017
Human
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- LDLourens De VriesApr 18, 2017
Biblical Studies and Digital Humanities in Amsterdam
MA Specialization Biblical Studies and Digital Humanities Faculty of Theology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Aims This is an interdisciplinary track involving both Biblical Studies (BS) and Digital Humanities (DH). There…
- RCRoy CiampaApr 15, 2017
Links between school-sponsored Bible classes (or Bible reading) and harassment (in America)
This article just came out in Time magazine having originally been published on The Conversation. It may be a useful reminder of ways certain ways of promoting Scripture Engagement may unintentionally end up doing as muc…
- FLFausto LirianoApr 10, 2017
Bibliotheca: A crowdfunding beautiful project
A guy called Adam Lewis Greene came with the desire to put the entire biblical library separated into volumes and designed purely for reading. He used Kickstater to get 30,000 dollars and people donated more than one mil…
- BMBill MitchellApr 7, 2017
Latin New Testament
Thanks to funding from the European Research Council, the full text of H. A. G. Houghton's The Latin New Testament: A Guide to its Early History, Texts, and Manuscripts (OUP: 2016) is now available in Open Access. It can…