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John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.Think of the Greek language. I teach NT Greek, and have translated it. However, don't ask me to translate Classical Greek for you. I... -
John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.There are two Anthony Pritchards with books on Amazon. One writes about car racing and cars. His books look cool! The other is a Mark...
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John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?."Ten hut!!! Start digging that ditch, soldier." I have now reached the limit of my military speak. :Biggrin
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John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.There is not a language on earth and never has been with a standardized version of the language. For example, Japanese has the Kanto...
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John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.I have to hand it to Anthony. He knows enough linguistics to make his points sound reasonable. However, he has not quoted a single...
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There is no single governing body for written or spoken standards for the English language...never has been. ...the implication that...
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Your conclusion is incorrect. You are contradicting the assertions of leading KJV defenders and KJV-only authors who claim that the...
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That may be your opinion, but you fail to prove your assertion to be true, verifiable fact. You present no standard reference work on...
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John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.Great story! Good illustration of the necessity for a translator knowing the range of meaning of words, not just a gloss (one word...
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My favorite back translation story - perhaps apocryphal - involves two Russian translators and Matt 26:41b (omitting "indeed", as it's...
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John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.Secular translation studies scholar Palumbo is not so dismissive of literal translation. “Literal translation is a translation strategy...
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John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.The opposite of "free translation" is "literal translation." However, there is a lot of debate about just what "literal" means...
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John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.Many mistake dynamic equivalence for a form of "free translation," but it isn't really. Here are several scholarly definitions of "free...
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John of Japan replied to the thread 2026 World Series.I'll weigh in on this. I've seen many Japanese ball games, been in four or five stadiums there. We used to say that Japanese ball was on...
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Atlanta Braves versus the Tampa Bay Rays World Series would be ideal to me.
