MLU and the Bible

[Ann Peters]

The (Judeo-Christian) Bible is definitely not a simple yardstick. In our
department we've interacted with a number of people interested in
translating the Bible into hitherto (linguistically) undescribed
languages. One problem that arises is that when the target *culture* is
very different from that of the writers of the Bible, a lot of cultural
information has to be built into the translation, thus lengthening it by
quite a lot. I think we need to search elsewhere for our yardstick - or
yardstick-S.
ann


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Dr. Ann M. Peters, Professor Emeritus
Graduate Chair                      http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/
Department of Linguistics
University of Hawai`i               email: ann at hawaii.edu
1890 East West Road, Rm 569         phone: 808 956-3241
Honolulu, HI  96822                 fax:   808 956-9166
http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/faculty/ann/