C. John Collins on “What the Reader Wants and the Translator Can Give”

What is translation?

C. John Collins opens his paper recognizing a very real problem that characterizes debates about English Bible translation. He observes that both sides tend to talk past each other, basing their arguments on their own presuppositions or definitions of terms. The most notable example is the definition of “translation” itself. Dynamic or functional equivalence translations are somtimes labeled as skillful free interpretations (Grudem), and essentially literal translations are sometimes called transcriptions. Each side appears eager to portray the other as not really doing translation at all.

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