Happy New Year!
Fritz Goerling
Fritz_Goerling at sil.org
Mon Dec 30 11:27:33 EST 2002
Susan,
Good idea! I'd like to be creative in response but I fear there might
be a problem from an illocutionary point of view. A New Year's wish
is a blessing, and there is a need to distinguish between a "blessing"
and a "beatitude" (makarism). "Blessing" is a creative word, referring
to action, while a "beatitude" is a form of felicitation or congratulation
concerning a blessing already received or to be obtained in the future.
To understand the force of a beatitude versus a blessing, it is helpful
to compare their respective antonyms: beatitudes and woes form a pair,
as opposed to blessings and curses. "Beatitudes" and "woes" are not
words of power like "blessings" and "curses". Consequently they need to
be translated differently.
I wish you a happy and blessed New Year,
Fritz Goerling
(Bible translator)
OK, what do y'all think would be a good way to say Happy New Year in NT
Greek? I'd like to get the connotation of makarism in there...
Susan Jeffers
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