The Bible Translator: Volume 33, Issue 1

The HOTTP is a practical aid for translators but its comments could include exegetical and translational implications behind textual decisions. The meaning of phrases that are translated literally ought to be clarified. The LXX text should be consulted. Examples from Jeremiah are provided. View Less

In Romans, Paul addresses the division between weak Jewish Christians and strong Gentile Christians. This is clearest in chaps. 14 and 15, but also evident throughout the epistle. View Less

Translators ought to be trained stylists, not dependent on a layman stylist outside the translation team. Training should include analysis on discourse and sentence levels, criticism (discernment, diagnosis, and generation), composition, and various testing techniques. Ten principles on translation and translator-training. View Less

Synthetic Union Versions should be avoided. Translations should be made in one dialect, and the people of related dialects should understand why they are expected to adapt to the one dialect. Case study of Luyia (Kenya) dialects indicates the union version was not accepted. View Less

Simplicity in a language’s vocabulary and grammar may make it more, not less, difficult to translate the precise meaning of a passage. Even when there are a fair number of “function words,” ambiguities may exist. Poetic language is most difficult. View Less

Responds to Nida’s article in TBT, 1982, 32(1). The harder reading is not to be preferred if its acceptance makes nonsense of the text. View Less

Responds to Buzzetti’s article in TBT, 1982, 31(3):322–324. Questions whether footnotes are the best means of informing the reader of additional materials. View Less