translating the bible in modern times - notes

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Dividing the Bibleinto Chapters and

Verses


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Stephen Langton

the one whodivided the Bibleinto the

standard modernarrangement ofchapters


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Robert Stephanus(Estienne)

the rst person to

issue the wholeBible (including theapocrypha) withthe current systemof verses in hisedition of the LatinVulgate at Geneva

in 1555


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Process of Translation

To Variablesof Translation

Sourcelanguage

Receptor

language


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/ynamic3uivalence

#reelanceor

paraphras

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it aims at word4for4wordcorrespondence topreserve the originalorder

#or$alE%uivalence

&t tries to stic as closely as possible to the originalwording and word4order of the 'ebrew and Greete6ts

!hus they may seem more accurate or 8literal98but often re3uire detailed e6planations in

footnotes to avoid being misinterpreted by modernreaders

!hey are good for in4depth academic study of theBible9 but may be less suited for public

proclamation9 since they can be di:cult tounderstand when heard or read aloudhttp;


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/ynamic3uivalence

&t tries to put the sense of the original te6t intothe best modern nglish9 remaining close tothe ideas e6pressed but not always followingthe e6act wording or word4order of the 'ebrewor Gree originals

!hus they may seem less 8literal8 than theformal correspondence translations9 but canbe >ust as 8faithful8 to the original te6t9 and aretherefore generally better suited for public

proclamation or liturgical use

it tries to e6press the senseof the original into how the

receptor language would

render it

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Biblical

paraphrases& freelance


'Biblical Paraphrases'are not(and do noteven claim to be) accurate translations9 althoughthey are usually still called 8Bibles8

!hese popular boos (esp those intended for

children or teenagers9 or the 8Living Bible8 of1?@1) not only condense and


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Signicant Translations in theiddle *ges and Earl"

Renaissance

#n nglish mon9priest9 andtheologian

!ranslated Aohn.s

gospel intonglish from theVulgate

$ot disseminated

and prohibited

The earliest ritten translation of theBible into English+St+ Bede the

Venerable

(ca @C D @C5)

,ohn !"cli-e(ca 1CCE D 1CF)

0roduced the rstcomplete translation ofthe Bible into nglishfrom the Vulgate (hand4

written) 'is bible was later

condemned and copies ofit were burned

'e was consideredheretic and his body was


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The Renaissance Period

&$V$!&$ 2 !'0"&$!&$G 0"%%

&nvented by AohannGutenberg in 15E

T.REE S/01/#/C*1T EVE1TS

0ublishesd Gree


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E10L/S. TR*1SL*T/:1 *#TERT.E RE1*/SS*1CE

!he rst translation of the Bibleinto nglish from the originallanguages ('ebrew H Gree)

T;1D*LE


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C:VERD*LE


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0E1EV* B/BLE rst nglish Bible with verse

numbers (in addition tochapter numbers) published

in 15E

'istorical $ote;

155C D 155F; Queen ary !udor.s *atholicrestoration

Banned all printings and the use of nglishbibles in church services

0rotestant leaders (around FEE persons)

were e6iled at Geneva and produced arevision of !yndale and the Great Bible

ary !udor was named as Ithe BloodyaryJ

2orbidden by the *hurch;*alvinistic in tone and withcontroversial and anti4*atholic notes

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Doua"=Rhei$s

Bible !he rst nglish

translations approved

for *atholics publishedin 15FK

$ew !estament; 15FKin "heims

ld !estament; 1E?ected in the revised$#B by the 'oly %ee for use in theliturgy9 but is considered a veryliterary te6t9 and comparable in

3uality to the $"%V in scholarship


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3??6 1e RevisedStandard Version

Catholic Edition #n adaptation for *atholic use ofthe $"%V of the $ational *ouncilof the *hurches of *hrist

3??56 Toda"


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