Sometimes translating the simplest of words can be more complicated than it might, at first, seem.
Category: Bible Translation
I stand in awe of the small groups of believers across the world, who at great personal cost are working to make the Bible available to their own people in their own language.
Who Said John 3:16?
You have to get punctuation right in English if you are to convey the correct meaning. The problem is that the Greek and Hebrew Bibles don’t use punctuation, which is a relatively modern invention.
Reading the Passion Bible
A short post, pointing to a useful resource about one English translation of the Bible.
Four reasons why we need to translate the Bible and not just teach everyone English.
Translation by Computer (Sort Of)
The dream of an instant system to translate the Bible into minority languages is still a long way off; but there is no doubt, that technology, wisely used, is a huge help to translation work.
The Bible Translation Process
A rather good video about Bible translation.
You Know What? I Just Don’t Care
In the same way that we talk about Bible translation, but only refer to one northern-European language, we talk about mission, but fail to see beyond our neighbourhood.
Working Together Can Work
Probably the most important mission partnership that you have never heard of!
May You Become Salt
How do you translate “you are the salt of the earth” in a language where “may you become salt” is a curse?