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Articles, links, and files related to translation in general and Bible translation in particular.
- 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…
Drew MaustOct 4, 2024Tom, Dick and Harry as Well as Fido and Puss in Boots are Translators: The Implications of Biosemiotics for Translation Studies
Centre for Translation, Hong Kong Baptist University (Online) Translation Seminar by Prof. Kobus Marais (17 Oct 2024） https://ctn.hkbu.edu.hk/event/the-implications-of-biosemiotics-for-translation-studies/ Date: 17/10/20…
- JZJost ZetzscheSep 30, 2024
"says the LORD"
Dear all: I have a question for those of you who have expertise with Bible translation in francophone Africa. A number of French Bible translations translate ne'um YHWH / נְאֻם־יְהוָ֡ה as oracle du SEIGNEUR (TOB), oracle…
- BMBrian MigliazzaSep 27, 2024
OCTOBER 2024 Translation News
Google Link to the PDF OCTOBER 2024 Translation Newsletter Extracted text from its-october-2024.pdf: Subject Oct 2024 Translation News Preheader International Translation Services (ITS) International Translation Services…
- BMBrian MigliazzaSep 24, 2024
Proverbs Course - Murray Salisbury
Attached is the Jerusalem Center for Bible Translators (JCBT) Proverbs Course information sheet. Please notice the change in the class time to 15:00-18:00 Israel time (13:00 – 16:00 UTC). The original class time was 9:00…
- EWernst wendlandSep 17, 2024
The Bible in Time and Space
"In all its variety, Christianity is a religion of God’s address to humanity, communicated through the words of Scripture. Indeed, as Bruce Gordon argues so eloquently in The Bible: A Global History, the sacred text “is…
- ASAaron ShryockSep 10, 2024
Eugene Nida and Peter Newmark, together again
Eugene Nida had a great respect for another scholar in translation, Peter Newmark. Even Mildred Larson, author of Meaning-based Translation, asked Newmark to write the foreword to her book. But who was Peter Newmark? Wha…
- 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…
- Drew MaustSep 4, 2024
Why We Worry When Choosing a Bible Translation
“What’s true of cars is true of translations. The more choices we have, the more we feel compelled to get the absolute best one. And just like with cars, it’s sometimes the case that the smaller the differences are betwe…
- BMBrian MigliazzaSep 2, 2024
SEPTEMBER 2024 Translation News
Google Link to the PDF SEPTEMBER 2024 Translation Newsletter Extracted text from its-september-2024.pdf: Subject Sep 2024 Translation News Preheader International Translation Services (ITS) International Translation Serv…
- BMBrian MigliazzaAug 29, 2024
Material Culture of the Biblical World Class
from A.D. Riddle <ad\_riddle@diu.edu\>: A new course next spring 2025 (15 Jan-08 May) “Material Culture of the Biblical World” will be offered at Dallas International University (DIU). You can take the course for audit (…
- BMBrian MigliazzaAug 28, 2024
KTOT Latest Release
Peter Schmidt (Editor) announced the latest release of new articles to the Key Terms of the Old Testament (KTOT) resource in Paratext. This brings the total to 104 articles available in this valuable translation resource…
- JHJim HarriesAug 27, 2024
Teaching the Bible Cross-Culturally in a Local Language: benefits and requirements
Go to link for more details on this free (voluntary contribution) webinar: AVM Webinar with Craig McCorkindale Tickets, Thu 24 Oct 2024 at 12:30 | Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/avm-webinar-with-craig-mccorkin…
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…
- JFJoshua FrostAug 20, 2024
When is God "Father" vs. "Dad?"
I am part of the "Spoken English Bible" team, which is tasked with producing a colloquial English OBT with a suite of oral translation tools. When is God "Father," and when is He, "Dad?" This was the question we recently…
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 12, 2024
Biblical Translation and Poetry in English (Fulton)
Fulton, Thomas. “Biblical Translation and Inspiration.” In The Oxford History of Poetry in English: Volume 5. Seventeenth-Century British Poetry, edited by Laura L. Knoppers, 55–67. Oxford University Press, 2024. https:/…
- Drew MaustAug 2, 2024
Choctaw 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…