Translating the Tetragrammaton in Seediq
Translating the tetragrammaton and the appellations associated with it poses a challenge for most of the minority-language Bible translation projects in China and Taiwan. All the translation teams adopt a Chinese Bible version as the model text. The various Chinese versions handled the divine name i...
Published in: | The Bible translator |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
Sage
2015
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In: |
The Bible translator
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Further subjects: | B
Translation
B Chinese versions B divine name B Seediq B Tetragrammaton |
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Summary: | Translating the tetragrammaton and the appellations associated with it poses a challenge for most of the minority-language Bible translation projects in China and Taiwan. All the translation teams adopt a Chinese Bible version as the model text. The various Chinese versions handled the divine name in different ways, each with its own complications. The Seediq translation team in Taiwan could not find a suitable solution from the various Bible versions they consulted. They looked into their own cultures and found a creative solution. |
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ISSN: | 2051-6789 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The Bible translator
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2051677015608612 |