Translating is always a tricky thing and when it comes to translating the Bible the trickiness goes to a whole new level of difficult. The trick is to find the right balance between literally translating the words and freely translating the meaning. If we\u2019re too far on the literal side the translation will be confusing and hard to understand for the native speaker. But, if we\u2019re too far on the other side, our translation can become more of a commentary than an accurate translation. Now, let\u2019s translate!<\/p>\n
Meme b\u01dd okak teg\u01ddlop. \u2018Meme b\u01dd\u2019 means \u2018that thing\u2019. \u2018Okak\u2019 means \u2018arm\u2019 or \u2018hand\u2019. \u2018Te-\u2018 means \u2018short\u2019. \u2018-g\u01ddl-\u2019 means \u2018become\u2019, and \u2018-op\u2019 means \u2018for\u2019. So a literal translation is \u2018That thing is for making your arm short.\u2019<\/p>\n
That doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense to me, but maybe it does to you. Actually, if you think about it for a minute you might be able to come up with what is really being said. Ready?<\/p>\n
\u201cThat thing is unreachable.\u201d<\/p>\n
So what does this mean for us and Bible translation? What we aim for is communicating only and completely what is communicated in the original passage. So we take a passage of Scripture, whether a chapter or verse or phrase, and whatever is communicated in that passage, that is what we want to communicate in our translation; no more and no less. Sometimes it may take twice as many words but we believe that if we\u2019re not clearly communicating what the passage says, we\u2019re not doing our job.<\/p>\n
And there\u2019s our translation thought for the day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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