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Bible Translation Basics: Communicating Scripture in a Relevant Way

by Hill Harriet S. Hill, Gutt Ernst-august Gutt

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: SIL International, Global Publishing
  • 17.8 x 25.4 x 1.8 cm

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Bible Translation Basics will help translators work with language communities to determine the kind of Scripture product(s) that are most relevant for them, given their abilities and preferences. Scholars over the past thirty years have made significant advances in understanding how human communication functions. Rather than solely looking for meaning in texts alone, texts are now seen to provide clues to hearers so that they can discover the speaker's intended meaning. Hearers use other inputs as well, such as things they already know and information from the speech environment, in order to understand not only what the words of the text say, but also what the speaker is communicating with those words. The significant implications of this for Bible Translation are the subject of this new book. Bible Translation Basics accomplishes two things: 1) it expresses these developments in communication theory at a basic level in non-technical language, and 2) it applies these developments to the task of Bible translation in very practical ways. The content of this book has been tried and tested around the world, and will aid people with a secondary school education or higher to understand how communication works and to apply those insights to communicating Scripture to their audiences.
  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    SIL International, Global Publishing

  • Published

    May 2011

  • Weight

    745g

  • Dimensions

    17.8 x 25.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781556715396

  • ISBN-10

    1556715390

  • Eden Code

    6076849

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