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Talk:Bible Translation Issues (view source)
Revision as of 19:04, February 21, 2010
, 19:04, February 21, 2010→Issue of "master" or "teacher" or ... "lord"
:::::I agree in principle, but wonder if "master" was ''ever'' used in the manner proposed by many Bible translations. I think it works with the expression "a man cannot serve two masters," but it does not seem to best convey the original intent in today's language in many other contexts. Use of the term "lord" is also imperfect, but has had widespread usage in English throughout history and conveys an image of both employer and master. Do you agree that the same Greek term can and should be translated differently for different contexts?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 11:37, 21 February 2010 (EST)
:::::I agree in principle, but wonder if "master" was ''ever'' used in the manner proposed by many Bible translations. I think it works with the expression "a man cannot serve two masters," but it does not seem to best convey the original intent in today's language in many other contexts. Use of the term "lord" is also imperfect, but has had widespread usage in English throughout history and conveys an image of both employer and master. Do you agree that the same Greek term can and should be translated differently for different contexts?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 11:37, 21 February 2010 (EST)
::::::I agree with you - having a richer vocabulary at our command today allows a new version of the Bible to be improved by using various different words to convey the original meaning of a single ancient word that was repeated many times. They key is that the meaning is preserved, and in just about every instance in this project that's what's being done, leaving very few ambiguous cases. I'm not qualified to answer your question about translating Greek, so I'll have to defer to someone like TerryH, who is. --[[User:ChrisY|ChrisY]] 14:04, 21 February 2010 (EST)