brothers and sisters
Mike Sangrey
msangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Mon Apr 15 11:11:43 EDT 2002
On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 10:21, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
> As I feared when the question appeared, respondents aren't willing to limit
> responses to the question but are using the forum to express views on a
> matter that belongs rather to the B-Translation list. Could we please
> confine responses to the question itself?
>
Speaking as one of the moderators for the Bible Translation list, let me
first voice agreement with Carl and say that certain aspects of the
discussion are more appropriate for BTrans than for BGreek.
However, the voicing of what motivates the choice of gender in
translation (I'm thinking specifically of feminist or chauvinist
ideology) is not appropriate for either list. There are
socio-linguistic considerations as well as cultural issues--as they
relate to translation--which need discussion. Considerations which are
in both the original text and time as well as today. Questions like:
"When the original writer used ADELFOI, what meaning was triggered in
the hearer's minds?" And "what are the various factors which need to be
considered in order to accurately translate ADELFOI?" Those type of
discussions are valuable and BTrans is a good place for that. We've had
that discussion, actually <smile>. And will probably have it again.
There's a number of issues, and none of them have to do with ideology.
Thank you.
BTrans Co-moderator
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Mike Sangrey
msangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Landisburg, Pa.
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