Bible translating; an analysis of principles and procedures, with special reference to aboriginal languages.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Nida, Eugene A. (Eugene Albert), 1914-2011.
Imprint:	New York, American Bible Society [1947]
Description:	vii, 362 pages 21 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Bible -- Versions. Bible -- Hermeneutics. Bible. Hermeneutics.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1866262

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Notes:	"A guide for translators, revisers, and editors working in connection with the American Bible Society ... 1932" (p. 291-311) and "The rendering of Biblical terms of weights and measures. American Bible Society, Guide for translators and revisers. Supplement no. 1. 1943" (p. 313-343) have special title pages. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Other form:	Online version: Nida, Eugene Albert, 1914- Bible translating. New York, American Bible Society [1947]

Table of Contents:

1. Men of the book
2. Principles of translation
3. Languages and dialects into which translations should be made
4. Texts of the Bible to be used in translation
5. Preparation for translating
6. Translation procedure
7. Orthography
8. Principles of equivalence
9. Terms for features of man's form
10. Terms for features of the natural environment
11. Terms for features of material culture
12. Terms for features of social culture
13. Terms for features of religious culture
14. Problems of linguistic equivalence
15. Preparation of the manuscript
Appendix. A guide for translators, revisers, and editors working in connection with the American Bible Society
The rendering of Biblical terms of weights and measures.

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