RT Article
T1 Measuring the Adequacy of the Host Text Using Skopostheorie in Bible Translation: The Ethics of Operational Transparency
JF The Bible translator
VO 65
IS 3
SP 308
OP 336
A1 Esala, Nathan
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1758064374
AB Skopostheorie’s focus on function provides a framework for evaluating translation which is potentially realistic, measurable, and operationally transparent. To realize that potential the translation brief can be critiqued for its principles and methodology, but also the host translation can be measured for its adequacy by comparing the translation decisions in the host text with the instructions in the translation brief. I explore ways to measure translation adequacy within a Skopostheorie framework, using Nord’s definition of translation error and her description of the hierarchy of translation problems (1997). I describe the results of applying measurement tools to the Likɔɔnl translation of the book of Philemon. The tools were designed to identify potential translation errors and grade them based on the hierarchy of importance. The analysis is followed by a preliminary critique of Skopostheorie in relation to translation transparency, translation error, industrial consistency, language status influence on translation methodology, the ethical decision to translate, and postcolonial critiques of Bible translation.
K1 Bible Translation
K1 Ghana
K1 Philemon
K1 Skopostheorie
K1 Adequacy
K1 Domestication
K1 foreignization
K1 functional translation
K1 host text
K1 language status
K1 Loyalty
K1 Postcolonial
K1 translation brief
K1 translation error
K1 translation ethics
K1 translation problem
K1 translation quality
K1 Transparency
DO 10.1177/2051677014553539