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Tue May 3 10:41:24 EDT 2011
without reading it!
Ugh!
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: TonyProst at aol.com <TonyProst at aol.com>
To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: Searching an agenda-neutral Bible
>
><< Does it matter if "humankind" is used rather than "mankind"? If
> someone is offended by the phrase "he who ...." but is not offended by the
> term "the one who....", I know which term I will want to employ. But the
> problem is we do not know who will be offendered or not. Therefore, I try
> to use genda inclusive language all the time.
> >>
>
>The gender inclusive style of translation says less about the text than
about
>the translator, less about what the author is communicating, and more about
>the translator's wants and needs, and imposes a modern au courant style
into a
>text which ought to seek to be transparent. It is probably true that to the
>original author the denotation of a simple verb is more important that the
>modern connotation of it number and gender.
>
>Regards,
>Tony Prost
>All Nonnos All Day
>http://members.aol.com/tonyprost/index.html
>
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