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127 pages ; 22 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-120) and index 1. Where do we start? -- Background -- The purpose of Scripture -- Original language -- Table 1: English translations of the whole Bible -- Table 2: English translations of the New Testament -- Part one: Who is to translate what? -- 2. Who are the translators? -- Procedures -- How many people? -- Where are they from? -- Men or women? -- Of what theological background? -- 3. Do they know the original languages well enough? -- Old Testament -- New Testament -- 4. Which manuscripts do they translate? -- How to find out what was originally written -- Old Testament -- New Testament -- Not from the original languages -- The argument so far -- Part two: How to translate accurately -- 5. How to get form one language to another -- What is language really like? -- Figure 1: Layers of language structure -- Meaning is what matters -- Figure 2: Translating from language A to language B -- How to cross over -- Which type of translation is appropriate for the Bible -- Examples from published Bibles -- The argument so far -- 6. Taking shortcuts -- Letter for letter -- Word for word -- Word for meaning -- Grammatical fo

Author

Duthie, A. S. (Alan S.)

Publisher

Attic Press

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780853644002

Subjects

Christian, Religion, Bible