Ethical Concerns and Worldview Perspectives in Bible Translation: An Inquiry into the Ethics of Bible Translation

Jagt, Krijn Van Der

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“…This African perspective also helps mitigate against uncritically acceding to the Western globalizing influence. As I described above, whereas some Likɔɔnl users prefer foreignization of key terms implicitly in the direction of modern Westernized understandings rather than ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern religious conceptions 32 or traditional Bikɔɔm understandings, the African approach as put forth in the brief prefers domestication toward traditional Bikɔɔm religious terminology and, where the gap is too wide, the insertion of a footnote to describe the ancient Mediterranean concept (van der Jagt 2010, 115). 33 What is avoided is foreignization in the direction of Western cultural understandings that correspond neither to the ancient Mediterranean concept nor the Bikɔɔm concept.…”

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ImplementingSkopostheoriein Bible Translation

Esala¹

2013

The Bible Translator

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Implementing Skopostheorie as a translation framework helped focus the Likɔɔnl Bible translation project theoretically and relationally. By answering some basic questions unique to their situation, Skopostheorie helped the team to craft their purposes for translating by imagining how the host product would be used. Implementing Skopostheorie helped the author relate the translation to some of the diverse fields involved in translation, such as: intercultural communication, theology, ideology, and media studies. Implementing Skopostheorie is a challenge, but in this postcolonial era it will likely facilitate better communication between various translation participants and result in greater local engagement with Scripture products.

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“…See van der Merwe 2003. Many theorists have been advocating using the skopos approach including de Vries 2001; Naudé 2002; Wendland 2004; van der Jagt 2010; Noss 2009; Kerr 2011; Peng 2012.…”

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ImplementingSkopostheoriein Bible Translation

Esala¹

2013

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“…1Many theorists have been advocating using the skopos approach for Bible translation, including de Vries 2001; Naudé 2002; Wilt 2003; Wendland 2004; Maxey 2009; van der Jagt 2010; Peng 2012; Crisp 2013.…”

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Measuring the Adequacy of the Host Text Using Skopostheorie in Bible Translation: The Ethics of Operational Transparency

Esala¹

2014

The Bible Translator

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Skopostheorie's focus on function provides a framework for evaluating translation which is potentially realistic, measurable, and operationally transparent. To realize that potential the translation brief can be critiqued for its principles and methodology, but also the host translation can be measured for its adequacy by comparing the translation decisions in the host text with the instructions in the translation brief. I explore ways to measure translation adequacy within a Skopostheorie framework, using Nord's definition of translation error and her description of the hierarchy of translation problems (1997). I describe the results of applying measurement tools to the Likɔɔnl translation of the book of Philemon. The tools were designed to identify potential translation errors and grade them based on the hierarchy of importance. The analysis is followed by a preliminary critique of Skopostheorie in relation to translation transparency, translation error, industrial consistency, language status influence on translation methodology, the ethical decision to translate, and postcolonial critiques of Bible translation.

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To the Question of an Ethics of Bible Translation: Some Reflections in Relation to Septuagint Isaiah 6:1 and 19:25

Holter¹

2018

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The essay discusses two texts from Septuagint Isaiah-6:1 and 19:25in dialogue with some concerns of recent discourses of Bible translation ethics. The main focus of the essay is the question of a translation's "loyalty" vis-à-vis source text, target language and culture, and other actors involved in the translation process. It is argued that the two case texts from Septuagint Isaiah offer different solutions; whereas 6:1 accentuates a concept already present in the Hebrew text, 19:25 thus offering a competing plot to that of the Hebrew text.

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Ethical Concerns and Worldview Perspectives in Bible Translation: An Inquiry into the Ethics of Bible Translation

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ImplementingSkopostheoriein Bible Translation

ImplementingSkopostheoriein Bible Translation

Measuring the Adequacy of the Host Text Using Skopostheorie in Bible Translation: The Ethics of Operational Transparency

To the Question of an Ethics of Bible Translation: Some Reflections in Relation to Septuagint Isaiah 6:1 and 19:25

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