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Oral-based Bible translation: A contextualised model for the nomadic Himba people of southern Africa

In die Skriflig, 2021
Historically, the work of Bible translation has involved multiple disciplines in a commitment to translate Scripture with integrity and faithfulness to the original Greek and Hebrew texts.
Karen J. Floor
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Views of Orality and the Translation of the Bible

Translation Studies, 2015
This article presents an overview of constructions of orality that played an important role in the theory and practice of modern Bible translation. Three distinct perspectives can be distinguished. First we have the constructions of orality as articulated by Buber and Rosenzweig in the Interbellum period, a view of orality embedded in ideologies and ...
Lourens de Vries
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Experimenting With Excellence: Quality Assessment in a Mozambican Oral Bible Translation and Transcription Project

The Bible Translator
Although the traditional concepts of accuracy, naturalness, clarity, and now acceptability are generally seen as keys to a quality translation, they are not the only consideration. That is, a quality Bible translation, whether oral or written, can only be appropriately assessed according to what the translation aims to achieve.
Tobias Houston
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Oral Bible Translation as a Means of Enhancing Bible Engagement in Oral Communities: A Survey of Rural Congregations of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Nkhoma Synod, in Malawi

The Bible Translator
More than one hundred years of Bible translation in Malawi with a primary focus on the production of written versions has left behind those who have an oral orientation, negatively affecting Bible engagement in most rural communities. This study reports on a survey that was done in rural congregations of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian ...
Maxwell Chiwoko Banda
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Scripture Engagement and Bible Translation Project Management: The Case of Bono-Twi Bible Translation Project [PDF]

Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology
This article examined the intersection of scripture engagement and Bible translation project management. It explored various modes of scripture engagement, including literacy, local performing and visual arts, audio recordings, cell phones, and videos ...
Isaac Boaheng
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Revisiting the practice of Bible-translation: The need to engage ordinary believers when translating the Psalms

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2018
Many young isiZulu speakers find the 1959 Bible translation difficult to read and understand. However, they are interested in getting inside the black box of Bible translation, and being participants in the process.
June F. Dickie
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Embodied Hermeneutics: Oral Bible Translation and Embodied Cognition

Journal of Language, Culture, and Religion
This paper explores quality in Bible translation by examining the linguistic basis of sound exegetical practices for Oral Bible Translation (OBT). Traditional exegetical practices rely on assumptions about how to interpret texts based on principles of linguistics, including structural, descriptivist, generative, and functional linguistic schools of ...
B. C. Adams
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Un regard sur Oral Bible Translation Global Gathering 2023 : Pistes de réflexion

Journal of Translation, 2023
Le travail de la traduction orale de la Bible (OBT) s’effectuant principalement en Afrique, la conférence intitulée Oral Bible Translation Global Gathering 2023 s’est tenue du 10 au 12 janvier 2023 à Entebbe, en Ouganda. Plus de 140 participants, issus de 43 pays, représentant des organisations telles que Faith Comes by Hearing, SIL, Seed Company ...
Hélène Ballarin
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Towards the design for a new Bible translation in Sesotho

Acta Theologica, 2008
The purpose of this article is to suggest a means of translating the Bible and other religious texts to provide for the needs of a community consisting to a large extent of members not able to read written texts.
T. J. Makutoane, J. A. Naudé
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Attaining Quality in Oral Bible Translation: A Guide to Effective Practice

Journal of Translation
In the rapidly advancing field of oral Bible translation (OBT), agreeing on principles for maintaining high-quality translations is now necessary. This article offers a robust guide for achieving quality in OBT, emphasizing the collaborative efforts required to ensure a high-quality translation. Drawing upon literature in linguistics, biblical studies,
Joshua Frost, Nikki Mustin, Heather Beal
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