12 Scholars Who Brought the Bible into Chinese

Introduction: 

"The Kienning Colloquial Bible is only one of numerous Bible translations that began to appear starting in the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th, due to the painstaking work of many Western and Chinese translators. The translators were often men, and no one knew how hard they worked better than their wives, who had to force their husbands to eat and sleep because of their never-ending ruminations.

"Some of these projects focused on producing a literal word-for-word version of the Bible while others sought a colloquial style. In 1872, a team of 16 Western missionaries and several Chinese Christian experts began work on the Chinese Union Version (CUV) with the intent that it be “in the national language (not local vernacular), simple enough to be understood by people from all walks of life, and faithful to the original text without losing the rhythm of the Chinese language,” as Kevin Xiyi Yao, an expert in world Christianity and Asian studies, wrote for CT.

"Below, we highlight 12 of the men who worked on various Chinese translation projects. Each one brought their own translation philosophies and diction preferences, keeping their intended audiences in mind, as they worked to bring the Word of God into Chinese."

For the full article, see at Christianity Today--It may be only the web version here: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2023/october-web-only/chinese-union-version-bible-translation.html?utm_source=CT%20Weekly%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_term=21327&utm_content=14508&utm_campaign=email