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Bible Translation is an email discussion list
devoted to discussing issues relating to Bible translation. Subscribers include:
professional Bible translators, church leaders, professors, linguists, teachers,
as well as many serious Bible students from a variety of perspectives.
Anyone interested in Bible translation is welcome to subscribe.
Messages on any topics directly related to Bible translation are
welcome. Messages can be about vernacular translation (such as for Bibleless
people groups) or about translation in national languages such as English (since
the same translation principles apply whether we are translating in English or
another language). Following are some topics which would be especially
appropriate, but there are others, as well:
- Bible translation theory, principles, and practice
- Bible translation resources
- Exegetical issues relating to translation
- Specific Bible passages which are difficult to translate
- Translation examples (including from English, other national versions, or
tribal programs)
- Biblical discourse analysis
- Translation media (e.g. printed, cassette, video, computer software,
interactive Internet online programs, sacred drama)
- Cross-cultural translation difficulties
- Translation checking (fieldtesting)
- Scripture In Use (how to make the Bible accessible to people, including in
various media)
- Helping one another understand translation techniques
We ask that any opinions stated in a message be supported by
evidence. Evidence can be from the Biblical languages, translation or
communication theory, your own experience with translating other languages,
fieldtesting you have done on the wording of some translation, dictionaries,
etc. We do not want to simply debate opinions on this list, but, rather, to have
ideas supported by data or other kinds of evidence so that we can bring as great
a degree of objectivity to our messages as possible.
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