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Say What?! When You Don't Know What the Bible Means
How can Bible translation teams render passages into a new language when they're not sure of the original meaning?
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Angela
- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min
The First Bible Translation (that we know about!)
Bible translation has been going on for nearly as long as biblical texts have existed!
Angela
- May 18, 2021
- 3 min
Why Are There So Many English Bible Translations?
With nearly 2,000 languages in the world still waiting for Scripture in their language, why are there so many Bible translations in English?
Angela
- May 4, 2021
- 5 min
Stories, Songs, Sermons, and Sagas: A Guide to Different Genres in the Bible
Is the Bible a book of rules, a collection of stories, or a letter from God? Yes!
Angela
- Apr 27, 2021
- 3 min
Living Language: The Necessity of Revising a Bible Translation
Bible translation revision work goes on long after publication is complete. This is because the goal of translation is to convey meaning
Angela
- Apr 6, 2021
- 4 min
Unsung Heroes: The Translation Team Behind the Luther Bible
This German translation is now called the Luther Bible and is often pointed to as one of the first vernacular language translations.
Angela
- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
What Would You Do? Practice Bible Translation Consulting
By comparing the translation draft to the original Hebrew and looking at what other translators have done, we can discuss what the meaning o
Angela
- Mar 9, 2021
- 5 min
Greet Your Family and Other Cross Cultural Work Strategies
As a Bible translation consultant, I have the privilege of working with translation teams from all over the world and in a variety of cultur
Angela
- Mar 3, 2021
- 7 min
Step By Step: How a Translation Consultant Checks a Bible Translation Draft
The translation consultant's main responsibility is to check translations for accuracy, clarity, and naturalness before they are published.
Angela
- Feb 16, 2021
- 4 min
Which Book of the Bible Do You Translate First?
Which part of the Bible to translate first could be one of the most important decisions to the project.
Angela
- Feb 9, 2021
- 5 min
What Makes a Good Bible Translation?
In the end, every Bible translation team is striving toward a text that is accurate, clear, natural, and acceptable.
Scott M. Brodie
- Feb 2, 2021
- 5 min
Keep the Fish in the Water: Translating the Bible Within the Church Context
The proper context for studying, appreciating, and applying the Bible is, of course, the church. While any single passage should be interpre
Angela
- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
The Scariest Job in the World: Bible Translation Consultant
It often feels like the consultant is the final gatekeeper before the translation is released. But this isn't necessarily a helpful way to
Angela
- Jan 12, 2021
- 4 min
Eisegesis: Exegesis' Evil Twin
We can either take meaning OUT from the text or speech itself or put our own meaning INTO it.
Angela
- Jan 5, 2021
- 5 min
Look at the Fish: The What and How of Biblical Exegesis
I know how much you really wanted to read about dead fish and annoying professors today. What does this have to do with reading the Bible?
Angela
- Dec 29, 2020
- 2 min
Jesus and the Kamikaze Pigs
When Jesus performed this dramatic exorcism in Decapolis, the people there asked him to get OUT.
A group of translation teams in Asia helped
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Angela
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
Those Who Have Gone Before Us in Bible Translation [VIDEO]
The goal of every tribe, tongue, and nation having access to God's Word is not a new one.
Angela
- Oct 27, 2020
- 5 min
Translating the Name of God in the Bible
Not "What's your name, God?" but rather, "What should we tell people your name is?!"
Angela
- Oct 20, 2020
- 4 min
Translation of Proper Names in the Bible
What's in a Name? Abraham, Belshazzar, Cyrus, David, Elisha, Festus, Gilead, Hagar, Isaac, Jesus... there are a lot of names in the...
Angela
- Oct 6, 2020
- 4 min
Kissing Through the Veil: Can a Bible Translation Be Accurate?
The task of a translation consultant is to ensure accuracy to the biblical source text and clarity in the target language. But can such a th