Comments on: The Blank Slate of Incoherent Translation http://goddidntsaythat.com/2009/09/22/the-blank-slate-of-incoherent-translation/ Bible Translations and Mistranslations Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:54:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gary Simmons http://goddidntsaythat.com/2009/09/22/the-blank-slate-of-incoherent-translation/#comment-940 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:42:59 +0000 http://goddidntsaythat.com/?p=467#comment-940 It lets amateurs play translator without making them work for it.

]]> By: Top Translation Traps: Seductive Translations « God Didn't Say That http://goddidntsaythat.com/2009/09/22/the-blank-slate-of-incoherent-translation/#comment-930 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:55:10 +0000 http://goddidntsaythat.com/?p=467#comment-930 [...] (as in The Message or the CEV) in a Bible translation. Others want loftiness (NKJV), or even near incoherence (KJV). Others yet opt for chattiness (Good News). And so [...]

]]> By: “Blank Slates” and Poor English Equal Bad Translation | Test Blog http://goddidntsaythat.com/2009/09/22/the-blank-slate-of-incoherent-translation/#comment-460 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:33:14 +0000 http://goddidntsaythat.com/?p=467#comment-460 [...] September 22, 2009 By Jason A. Staples Joel Hoffman has just observed that he thinks many people prefer the “blank slate” that comes from incoherent translation because it allows them to see whatever they choose in the [...]

]]> By: That Familiar Sense of Unfamiliarity « God Didn't Say That http://goddidntsaythat.com/2009/09/22/the-blank-slate-of-incoherent-translation/#comment-220 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:03 +0000 http://goddidntsaythat.com/?p=467#comment-220 [...] suggested here that people might have more than an accidental personal investment in strange or even incoherent [...]

]]> By: A.Admin http://goddidntsaythat.com/2009/09/22/the-blank-slate-of-incoherent-translation/#comment-172 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:03:13 +0000 http://goddidntsaythat.com/?p=467#comment-172 I think one reason Bible readers sometimes prefer the KJV is that the archaic language makes it easier for them make the text mean what they want it to mean.

I’ve thought this for awhile. I’m glad I now have company.

]]> By: Mark Baker-Wright http://goddidntsaythat.com/2009/09/22/the-blank-slate-of-incoherent-translation/#comment-168 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:04:43 +0000 http://goddidntsaythat.com/?p=467#comment-168 What an interesting perspective. I’m actually surprised not to have considered that (i.e., some people like archaic or “opaque” language precisely because it allows them to interpret the text as meaning whatever they want it to) myself.

]]> By: Jason A. Staples http://goddidntsaythat.com/2009/09/22/the-blank-slate-of-incoherent-translation/#comment-167 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:01:03 +0000 http://goddidntsaythat.com/?p=467#comment-167 I’ve been thinking about some of these issues for a while now, also. My response: http://blog.jasonstaples.com/2009/09/blank-slates-and-poor-english-equal-bad.html

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