Episodes
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Key Terms in Translation - Preach
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
My translation team has had some difficulty with the word "preach". What exactly does it mean to "preach"? Is it the same as an "announcement"? Listen to find out the Hebrew and Greek words, the etymology of our English words, and how we have chosen a word for our translation.
Friday Aug 23, 2024
In Christ - Key Terms in Translation
Friday Aug 23, 2024
Friday Aug 23, 2024
Another key term in translation! This podcast looks at the key term "In Christ". This term is one that my team has considered and actually changed in our translation. "In Christ" seems like a phrase that is easy to understand, but the implications are a bit more complicated. How do we understand and then translate the deeper meaning of "in Christ"?
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Passover - Key Terms in Translation
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
As we approach Easter, I wanted to look at another key term - the term "Passover". I wanted to look at this from a slightly different perspective. What do we do when we come upon a new interpretation of a well-known word? I read an article with a possible new interpretation of the word Passover. Listen to find out the new interpretation and what we do with that as translators.
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Atonement - Key Terms in Translation
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Atonement has been a hard word to translate for our team in West Africa. Part of the reason is that the meaning of atonement now is quite different than the meaning of the original Hebrew word. How did that happen? This podcast talks about both the linguistic and meaning paths that "atonement" took from Hebrew to English, and what that means for translation.
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Righteousness and Justice - Key Terms in Translation
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Do the words "righteousness" and "justice" mean the same thing in English? How about in French? And what are the words in Greek and Hebrew? These questions prompted me to look a little more in depth at these key terms, which are very significant terms in translation.
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Grace - Key Terms in Translation
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Grace is our next key term in translation! This is a word we are quite familiar with, but is still difficult to translate as we consider the depth of the word. Here we consider the meanings of the original words, along with a particular translation that uses the word "love" to translate grace, and then the translation I am working with, which uses the phrase "free help". So do these accurately represent the meaning of the word grace? Listen in to find out!
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Monday Jun 26, 2023
Glory - Key Terms in Translation
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
For our next podcast series, I wanted to look at some key Biblical terms. These terms are significant for our understanding of faith, so they are very important for translation. The first word I want to consider is "glory". We have a sort of intuitive understanding of this word, but it can be hard to define...and translate! I also wanted to consider the passage 1 Corinthians 11:7, which says that woman is the glory of man. What does it mean to be someone else's glory? Join me in this look at the key Biblical term of "glory".
Here is the commentary that I reference in the podcast:
Gordon D. Fee, The First Epistle to the Corinthians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1987), 517.
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Drafting Titus - Final Cautions and Greetings
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Friday Apr 14, 2023
We have reached the end of Titus! This podcast covers Paul's final words of caution to Titus and his greetings from those with him to the church. We also look at our most important translation principle. I hope you have enjoyed this look at the nuances of drafting a Biblical text!
Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Drafting Titus - A Miniature Gospel
Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Saturday Feb 18, 2023
We are nearing the end of the book of Titus! In this episode we look at the translation principle of how to translate special Biblical terms, and then we see this principle in action in verses 4 through 7, which contain a mini gospel! There are many key Biblical terms, but we look specifically at "regeneration" and "renewal".
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Drafting Titus - Can Grace ”Appear”? Translating Figures of Speech
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
In this episode we consider how to draft Titus 2:11-15. We also look at how to translate figures of speech, and note that in this verse, grace is personified so that it appears, offers salvation and teaches. What happens if it doesn't make sense in a new language to have an abstract noun do those things? This section ends Titus chapter 2!