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God's Eternal Truth Expressed in Contextual Bible Translation

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Author: Dick Kroneman

Year: 2021

Track(s):
  • Theory & Practice

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Abstract

This paper proposes an alignment that overcomes polarization between author-focused and audience-focused translation by arguing that a translation is accurate when it conveys the full meaning intended by the author in ways the recipient accurately understands. Six different parameters for examining different translation paradigms are presented.

About the Author

SIL Global

Dick Kroneman serves as a senior translation consultant with SIL International. His current focus is on consulting for translation projects in Papua, Indonesia (in partnership with the mission of the Netherlands Reformed Congregations and with the GJRP church in Indonesia). He also teaches translation courses for consultants in training (MA-level).