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Bible Translation Basics

Communicating Scripture in a Relevant Way

by Ernst-August Gutt, Harriet S Hill

  • Paperback
  • 291 pages
  • Publisher: Sil International, Global Publishing
  • 17.6 x 25.2 x 1.8 cm

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For translators seeking to improve their skills.

Bible Translation Basics helps you understand communication.

You’ll connect Scripture meaningfully with your audience.

Discover the essentials of Bible translation and learn how to effectively communicate Scripture to your community with this easy-to-understand guide.

Bible Translation Basics will help translators work with language communities to determine the kind of Scripture product(s) that are most relevant for them, given their abilities and preferences. Scholars over the past thirty years have made significant advances in understanding how human communication functions. Rather than solely looking for meaning in texts alone, texts are now seen to provide clues to hearers so that they can discover the speaker's intended meaning. Hearers use other inputs as well, such as things they already know and information from the speech environment, in order to understand not only what the words of the text say, but also what the speaker is communicating with those words. The significant implications of this for Bible Translation are the subject of this new book. Bible Translation Basics accomplishes two things: 1) it expresses these developments in communication theory at a basic level in non-technical language, and 2) it applies these developments to the task of Bible translation in very practical ways. The content of this book has been tried and tested around the world, and will aid people with a secondary school education or higher to understand how communication works and to apply those insights to communicating Scripture to their audiences.
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  • Title

    Bible Translation Basics

  • Author

    Ernst-August Gutt

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Sil International, Global Publishing

  • Published

    May 2011

  • Weight

    477g

  • Page Count

    291

  • Dimensions

    17.6 x 25.2 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781556712692

  • ISBN-10

    1556712693

  • Eden Code

    4071403

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