Considerations for acceptability in Bible translation

Verbum et Ecclesia

 
 
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Title Considerations for acceptability in Bible translation
 
Creator Chemorion, Diphus C.
 
Subject Translation Studies/ Bible Translation Bible translation; acceptability; Great Commission; interpretation; linguistics
Description The ministry of Bible translation is an important component of the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18–20) and its mandate is to reach everyone with the word of God. One of the main goals of a Bible translation project is to produce a translation that will be used by the church in a given language group. Bible translation teams believe that the lives of the intended recipients will be changed positively when they gain access to Scripture in their own language. However, recent developments regarding Scripture use have shown that the success of any Bible translation project depends on whether or not its products are acceptable. If a translation is not acceptable to the intended audience, it may not be used, and as a result, it may fail to bring about the desired impact. This article explores the concept of ‘acceptability’ as used in Bible translation and highlights important considerations that translators need to keep in mind in order to enhance the acceptability of their translation products.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2009-12-16
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Participatory action research
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ve.v30i2.343
 
Source Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 30, No 2 (2009); 5 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Africa/East Africa/Kenya 2004-2008 The submitted article is adapted from the author's dissertation which was submitted for the award of Doctor of Theology (DTh) in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Stellenbosch in 2008
Rights Copyright (c) 2009 Diphus C. Chemorion https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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