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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: bill.rea AT canterbury.ac.nz
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Review Alter's translation
  • Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 16:12:42 +0000

On 04/01/2005 20:33, Bill Rea wrote:

...

Those who like paraphrases like the New Living "Translation"...


The New Living Translation is not a paraphrase (unlike the Living Bible), but a translation from the original languages.

...

It seems to me, from what I've read about Alter's work, it is a welcome
counter-balance to the excesses of paraphrases posing as translations ...


Please name any English version which is in fact a paraphrase, i.e. an adaptation of a previous text in the same language, rather than a translation, i.e. based on the original language texts - and which does not call itself a paraphrase as the Living Bible does. I know that it has been alleged that the King James Version and the New World Translation were in fact based only on previous English versions, but this certainly not entirely true. Of couse nearly all translations are also compared with existing translations. I expect this is true also of Alter's version.

... which are striving for originality and novelty in English. In the words
of the reviewer:-


There is nothing worse than a religious translation that reaches down to
its intended audience with modernisms and colloquialisms; for one thing,
modernisms and colloquialisms date so quickly.


I heartily agree.


I heartily disagree.

--
Peter Kirk
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