Comments on: A Brief Overview of Translation Terms and Methods http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/2009/04/a-brief-overview-of-translation-terms-and-methods/ Two guys thinking out loud about life beyond the box of institutional religion Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rodney http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/2009/04/a-brief-overview-of-translation-terms-and-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 Rodney Fri, 01 May 2009 21:28:56 +0000 http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/?p=103#comment-2779 So my beloved NLT is the worst transgressor of all... oh the horrors... So my beloved NLT is the worst transgressor of all… oh the horrors…

]]> By: sidfaiwu http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/2009/04/a-brief-overview-of-translation-terms-and-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-2774 sidfaiwu Fri, 01 May 2009 19:35:32 +0000 http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/?p=103#comment-2774 This wasn't boring at all. Thanks for the information! This wasn’t boring at all. Thanks for the information!

]]> By: Steve http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/2009/04/a-brief-overview-of-translation-terms-and-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-2773 Steve Fri, 01 May 2009 17:40:46 +0000 http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/?p=103#comment-2773 <strong>Alan</strong>, right about "so". That was the point I was trying to make above when I said, "The word 'houtos' (traditionally interpreted as 'so') has to do with method or effect, not quantity." Your statement is much more concise and understandable, though! :) A better translation would be something along the lines of, "God loved the world in this way: He gave...." In this sense, it is completely consistent with another statement in scripture: "But God demonstrated his love toward us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Alan, right about “so”. That was the point I was trying to make above when I said, “The word ‘houtos’ (traditionally interpreted as ‘so’) has to do with method or effect, not quantity.”

Your statement is much more concise and understandable, though! :)

A better translation would be something along the lines of, “God loved the world in this way: He gave….” In this sense, it is completely consistent with another statement in scripture: “But God demonstrated his love toward us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

]]> By: Alan Knox http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/2009/04/a-brief-overview-of-translation-terms-and-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-2772 Alan Knox Fri, 01 May 2009 16:35:55 +0000 http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/?p=103#comment-2772 One quick point: "so" in John 3:16 is not "so" as in "so much", but "so" as in "in this manner". Regardless of how they are advertised, there are NO literal translations of Scripture. Literal translation is not only unreadable, it would be unhelpful and often contrary to the meaning of Scripture. -Alan One quick point: “so” in John 3:16 is not “so” as in “so much”, but “so” as in “in this manner”.

Regardless of how they are advertised, there are NO literal translations of Scripture. Literal translation is not only unreadable, it would be unhelpful and often contrary to the meaning of Scripture.

-Alan

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