The Bible Translator: Volume 32, Issue 3

The socio-cultural context and oral forms of the receptor language will affect how the receptor responds to a translated message. Example from Gbaya distinguishes three types of verbal communication: history, tales and parables. Comparisons of speaker authority, content, characters, and time perspective give the translator insight into which oral form is the best model for Bible messages. Sequencing, imagery and verb usage are analyzed. View Less

A translator may restructure a passage to incorporate literary styles of the receptor language but he must balance naturalness with fidelity. Guidelines: (1) denotative meaning has priority over connotative, (2) no semantic gain or loss, (3) exceptions involve figurative usage, (4) literary special effects should be at the level of the common reader, (5) literary effects must be appropriate to the message, (6) implicit information may be added, (7) literary forms of the original languages ought to match those of receptor language. View Less

Borrow’s preface to Gypsy Luke (1837) indicates he translated it in Badajoz from the Greek while it was more likely done in Madrid from the Latin Vulgate or Spanish Scio Version. Correspondence with the Bible Society traces revisions and events leading to a second edition. View Less

Jean-Claude Margot’s book forms a French counterpart to such works as Nida and Taber’s Theory and Practice of Translation, but also brings them up to date, and modifies them in various respects, notably in its greater emphasis on the expressive function of language. It is divided into two parts: (1) The theory of translation and its relation with other disciplines; (2) The application of translation theory. The book will be of great interest and use, both to a wide readership, and also to those already active in the field of translation. View Less