Jerome
“ubi ipse verborum ordo mysterium est”
“For I myself not only admit but freely proclaim that in translating from the Greek I render sense for sense and not word for word, except in the case of the Holy Scriptures, where even the order of the words is a mystery.”
— Jerome to Pammachius, on the Best Method of Translating.
Translation Theory and Methods
- Against the Theory of ‘Dynamic Equivalence’ by Michael Marlowe
- Was the Bible Written in 'Street Language'? by Michael Marlowe
- Language and Thought. The history and current status of the idea that language shapes the way we think.
- Open Letter on Translating by Martin Luther (1530)
- Principles of Translation issued by the Forum of Bible Agencies (1999)
- Quotations about Language compiled from various sources
- Bibliography of Translation Theories and Methods
- Gender-Neutralizing Translations
- Norms for the Translation of Biblical Texts for Use in the Liturgy issued by the Vatican in June 1997
- Liturgiam Authenticam, the official Vatican "Instruction" on biblical translation issued in March 2001.
- The Catholic Biblical Association's reaction to Liturgiam Authenticam
- Vatican Response to Criticism
- How To Translate, by Vern Poythress and Wayne Grudem.
- Translating the Gospels: A Discussion Between Dr. E.V. Rieu and the Rev. J.B. Phillips
- Translation Theory. An introductory essay by T. David Gordon (1985).
- Truth and Fullness of Meaning: Fullness versus Reductionistic Semantics in Biblical Interpretation. By Vern Sheridan Poythress. A paper presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.
- Articles on other sites about Methods of Translation