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Title Bible translation basics:
communicating scripture in a relevant way.
Author(s) Hill, Harriet.
Gutt, Ernst-August.
Local Call Num. BS 449 .H55 2011 c.3
ISBN 978-1-55671-269-2
1-55671-269-3
Status This item is currently IN the library.
Series SIL International Publications: Textbooks
Pages xii, 291 p.
Publishing Info Dallas, TX SIL International. 2011
Loan Type/Days REG-Regular / This item may circulate for 21 Days
Department MIS-Miscellaneous
Media BK-Book
Subjects Bible--Translating.
Translating and interpreting--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
 
Description ill.; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical footnotes, index and glossary.

Summary:
This book is intended to be used in courses or workshops for people involved in communicating Scripture across languages and cultures. The primary audience is Bible translators, but those who review translations and those who develop other Scriptures products will also find it helpful. Over the past thirty years, scholars have made significant advances in understanding how human communication functions. They have moved from looking for meaning in texts alone to seeing texts as providing clues that lead hearers to discover the speaker’s intended meaning. Bible Translation Basics accomplishes two things: 1) it expresses these theoretical developments in communication at a basic level in non-technical language, and 2) it applies these developments to the task of Bible translation in very practical ways.