Using English ponies

From: Kenneth Litwak (kenneth@sybase.com)
Date: Tue Jan 23 1996 - 03:03:16 EST


    WHile Edward Hobbs has made a valid point about using English ponies, the
question does arise when translating, "if what I'm coming up with makes little
sense, who's at fault, the LXX/Jerome/whomever, or me?" I know that in certain
biblical Hebrew texts, no one is really sure what the text says, like in the
end of Micah 1, or the middle of Micah 2. So there I don't rely on English
translations to check my work. I don't know ahead of time that there's a
problem with the text of Ps 109/110 that makes it appear that my
translating skills are faulty. So how do I know when to go with what
the grammar and words seem to say and when to say "this is obviously
not right. Where's my NASB?".

Ken Litwak
GTU
Bezerkley, CA

P.S.,

   This isn't a problem unique to the LXX certainly. I'll admit it, I've never
read Plato. So if I'm translating Plato, how do I know if I'm right, unless
I use an English pony to check my work?



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