Most, perhaps all, people who read the Bible in translation want the translation to be accurate. But Bible translation accuracy is defined and illustrated in different ways by different people. Let’s see what the range of opinions about accuracy is among BBB...
Another topic in which I have sensed that there is disagreement among the BBB readership has to do with what is “grammatical” in English, the language which we focus on, into which translations of the Bible are made. So let’s see if we can clarify...
On the purpose of translations… I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in an unknown register. Who’s with me?
Who should be the audience(s) of Bible translations? What level of education should they have?
I have been active in the Bible translation email discussion list and the Better Bibles Blog from their beginnings. Over these years I have observed that participants in discussions about Bible translation often have very different views. Sometimes it seems these...
