The Bible Translator: Volume 12, Issue 2

Announces the beginning of a series of handbooks for translators on the books of the Bible. Gives details of the nature of and use of these books. View Less

A report on a study conference held in Sept., 1960, at Echo Lake, PA, to consider the principles underlying the translational aids being prepared under the auspices of the United Bible Societies. Summarizes the discussions as they focused upon three areas of the process of translating: (1) an analysis of meaning as seen in its semantic, pragmatic and syntactic dimensions; (2) communication load; that is, the rate at which new Information can be taken in; and (3) the translator, especially the difference involved between those translating for their native language and those translating a receptor language. View Less

A classification and study of 85 changes in the RSV, as authorized by the Standard Bible Committee in June, 1959. View Less

Reports on a conference held a Jabalpur in 1960. View Less

Discusses the ways in which the Wycliffe Language Course helped his task as a translator, particularly in relation to unwritten languages. View Less

A concluding article on the subject with comments concerning the reaction of readers of the first two articles (see The Bible Translator, 1960, 11:10–23 and 1960, 12:69–80). Discusses the meaning and usage of tsara’ath in the Bible. View Less

Answers translation questions which have been raised about Psalms 1–50. View Less