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/* Names of God, original intent of biblical authors and other translation issues */ What has censorship to do with this?
:::How about a chef who uses computer tools to translate an Italian cookbook? Should people try to censor that, too?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 13:02, 11 April 2017 (EDT)
:::::The question is: will the result be a genuine reflection of the original cookbook. At the moment, computer tools are not sufficient enough to fully grasp the meaning of a language. There will come the time when the cook has to consult Italians (or at least those with a better understanding of Italian) to not get lost. Imagine the following dialogue:
:::::Cook: "it says the cheese belong on the bottom - that cannot be, it just does not work"
:::::Italian: "yeah, it does not work. But that is what is written"
:::::Cook: "I found a passage in the Devine Comedy where a similar word means ''in the third circle hell'' - so somewhere in the middle"
:::::Italian: "yeah, but this is a cookbook from the 21st century. No one will read it this way. Maybe the author got something wrong - if you think it does not work, you should put it in the footnote. If you really want to translate this book faithfully, you have to write it the way that fits the Italian text. Otherwise you cannot call it a translation, just something like ''translation of this cookbook, embellished by the translator''
:::::Cook: "Lalalala, I cannot hear you"
:::::It is not about censorship: the question is - can we call the result a translation, or just a renarration in another language, somewhat like a Children's Bible. They are useful, but they are not the real thing.
:::::--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 15:35, 11 April 2017 (EDT)
:I indicated above that being fluent in biblical Greek/Hebrew is a necessary and crucial step. I didn't say it is the only step. But you and some other editors of the project haven't even taken that crucial first step. If you want to be an excellent Italian chef, you need to at least know how to chop vegetables and boil water. Do you need to know more to be a great Italian chef? Of course.
