| | Am I saying that Mr. Schlafly is incapable of becoming fluent in New Testament Greek? No, I am not. Am I saying that Mr. Schlafly is incapable of learning about ANE culture? No, I am not. Mr. Schlafly attended some tough academic programs and is certainly capable of learning new skills. But he has to roll up his sleeves and do the work of acquiring fluency in New Testament Greek and being very familiar with some of the basics of ANE culture before he could be an asset to a Bible translating project. If he doesn't learn these two skills and he has a strong influence on the translation process, he is going to be more of a hindrance than an asset. In addition, there is the matter of knowing Christian theology. To be an ordained minister, you can have as little as 30 credit hours of study. Setting aside that you don't need to go to an academic institution to learn new things, generally speaking, a rule of thumb is that for every credit hour, you should study 3 hours. So at a bare minimum, Mr. Schlafly would also need to spend about 90 hours to learn Christian theology in order to translate the Bible. I know this sounds like a lot of work. That is because it is a lot of work. Very few people say translating an ancient holy book is easy. Why? Because it requires a lot of hard work. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:07, 10 April 2017 (EDT) | | Am I saying that Mr. Schlafly is incapable of becoming fluent in New Testament Greek? No, I am not. Am I saying that Mr. Schlafly is incapable of learning about ANE culture? No, I am not. Mr. Schlafly attended some tough academic programs and is certainly capable of learning new skills. But he has to roll up his sleeves and do the work of acquiring fluency in New Testament Greek and being very familiar with some of the basics of ANE culture before he could be an asset to a Bible translating project. If he doesn't learn these two skills and he has a strong influence on the translation process, he is going to be more of a hindrance than an asset. In addition, there is the matter of knowing Christian theology. To be an ordained minister, you can have as little as 30 credit hours of study. Setting aside that you don't need to go to an academic institution to learn new things, generally speaking, a rule of thumb is that for every credit hour, you should study 3 hours. So at a bare minimum, Mr. Schlafly would also need to spend about 90 hours to learn Christian theology in order to translate the Bible. I know this sounds like a lot of work. That is because it is a lot of work. Very few people say translating an ancient holy book is easy. Why? Because it requires a lot of hard work. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:07, 10 April 2017 (EDT) |
| | + | :Thanks for your comments. I'll take your example of translating an Italian book. What is the book about? If it is about cooking, then I would want a chef translating. If it is about mathematics, then I'd want a mathematician translating it. No, I don't think a linguist would do a better job translating a cookbook or a math book, if the linguist is ignorant of cooking or math. Do you? |
| | + | :The Bible is a book of logic, science (creation and miracles are science), politics, law, and many other things. You cannot leave the task of translating something so substantive to people who ignore everything other than grammar and an outdated translation dictionary. |
| | + | :Or let me put it this way: would you entrust the translation of the Bible with folks who disbelieve the truth of what it says? I hope not, no matter how skilled they are in language or Ancient Near Eastern culture.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 22:14, 10 April 2017 (EDT) |