{"id":899,"date":"2017-03-29T19:27:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T23:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/?p=899"},"modified":"2017-03-29T19:27:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T23:27:03","slug":"1865-verses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/2017\/03\/29\/1865-verses\/","title":{"rendered":"1,865 Verses"},"content":{"rendered":"

1,865 Verses<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s how many verses have been translated into Nahuatl so far.\u00a0 Each verse goes through a long, careful, (and to be quite frank) sometimes painful process.\u00a0 A passage is studied out, in English, Hebrew or Greek, and sometimes Spanish.\u00a0 An exegetical draft is written and communicated to a native speaker.\u00a0 Questions are asked and answered, clarification is supplied.\u00a0 The native speaker gives the rough draft in Nahuatl, sometimes five or six times in a row until both translator and helper are satisfied it communicates clearly.<\/p>\n

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Making a recording of the Nahuatl rough draft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This whole process is recorded, so the translator can go back and write it out again, checking constantly for accuracy.\u00a0 Certain words get highlighted and passed along to teammates for re-checking; we\u2019ve been using that term, but what does it actually mean<\/em>\u2014what does it bring to mind in this<\/em> culture?<\/p>\n

The new Nahuatl rough draft is read to three different people from the village and detailed questions are asked to check for comprehension.\u00a0 \u201cWho was speaking?\u00a0 Who was he speaking to? What did he say?\u00a0 What did it mean?\u00a0 How did his audience react?\u201d\u00a0 Then there are the follow-up conversations, which may not be addressed in the translation, but certainly will be significant during teaching: people\u2019s commentaries on what seemed strange to them about the text, what they don\u2019t agree with, their cultural reaction to people, lands, and events foreign to them.<\/p>\n

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Doing a comprehension check<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Any confusion will most likely result in changes and any changes made must, of course, be checked again.\u00a0 Sometimes entire paragraphs are sent back to the drawing board.\u00a0 Re-study, re-draft, re-record, re-write, re-check.<\/p>\n

After a fair amount of text is ready, it gets re-translated into English.\u00a0 The Nahuatl-turned-English is read against regular-English passages and a content check is done.\u00a0 Notes like this appear in the margins: \u201cThe NASB says \u2018the next morning\u2019 and the Nahuatl only says \u2018the next day.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 Those notes make their way back to the translator.\u00a0 Re-think, re-write, re-check.<\/p>\n

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Getting feedback on the text to prepare for teaching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The back translation into English then gets sent to our consultant. \u00a0(They, of course, cannot be expected to know all the languages with which they work.)\u00a0 They diligently read it through, red-flagging concerns and sending them to the translator.\u00a0 Re-draft, re-write, re-check.\u00a0 They prepare questions and eventually show up on site to ask them to the native speakers.\u00a0 They verify that the translation is reading naturally and ask questions that check for accuracy.\u00a0 If not\u2026well, I think you\u2019re seeing the pattern here.<\/p>\n

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Learning cultural insights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This final step\u2014the last comprehension check done by our consultants\u2014is slated to happen next month.\u00a0 It is the last \u201ccheck mark\u201d (unless you want to count proof-reading and formatting) on a very long list.\u00a0 \u00a0After it is completed, we will begin reading these 1,865 verses to the people of Las Moras during our teaching this summer.\u00a0 Women will have them in hand to read after the tortillas are made and the babies are asleep.\u00a0 Men will be able to take them in their bags with their lunches, to read during a rest break at their corn fields.\u00a0 And in all of Las Moras the very words of God will be understood in the people\u2019s heart language.\u00a0 Pray that it will fall on fertile soil and take root.<\/p>\n

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Getting help from the translation consultants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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1,865 Verses That\u2019s how many verses have been translated into Nahuatl so far.\u00a0 Each verse goes through a long, careful, (and to be quite frank) sometimes painful process.\u00a0 A passage is studied out, in English, Hebrew or Greek, and sometimes Spanish.\u00a0 An exegetical draft is written and communicated to a native speaker.\u00a0 Questions are asked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2692,352],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-ministry","tag-bible-lessons","tag-translation","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}