[B-Greek] translating and grammatical analysis

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sat May 19 12:43:25 EDT 2007


On May 19, 2007, at 6:21 AM, John Wilking wrote:

>  was reading an article by D.A. Carson that deals with the verb  
> LOGIZOMAI, and noticed something I've seen before.  He frequently  
> defined the the verb but never translated the sentence, a "final  
> product," to show how that meaning would make sense in a certain  
> context.  Sorry that my example is on such a sensitive topic, but  
> try to look past that.  It's like an architect talking about his  
> ideas for a wall without putting his ideas in place to see if it  
> would work, or how it would look.  Is this a commonly known error?   
> Does it have a name?(even if you disagree with my example.)
>
>   Thanks,
>   John C. Wilking

If you know Greek and you are doing serious grammatical analysis  
translation is not a necessary or even a desirable step in the  
process. The rush to translate into English is an indication that  
someone involved in the discussion does not know Greek. Carson writes  
for both professional and popular audiences. Perhaps you stumbled  
upon one something intended for professionals.

Elizabeth Kline







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