The Bible Translator: Volume 14, Issue 2

On the first reading this article may seem rather technical. However, we are sure that it will repay further study, since the procedures described here can lead to far-reaching improvements in the syntax and style of a translation. Moreover the following article in this issue demonstrates the practical use of these techniques, and each article sheds light on the other. Ed. View Less

In this article the procedures outlined in the foregoing article are applied to a particular draft version. If will be noted that here a sample size of 1000 instead of 100 is taken, so that the confidence intervals given here are more precise than those in Table 2 on page 52. Ed. View Less

We are indebted to the Rev. John Beekman of the Wycliffe Bible Translators for the following list of “excuses” which a translator might be tempted to make when his draft is being checked by a translations consultant! Ed. View Less