Discourse Analysis and Bible Translation

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Discourse Analysis and Bible Translation is written by Stephen H Levinsohn and published by SIL International. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1556715528 (ISBN 10) and 9781556715525 (ISBN 13).

With simplified language and terminology, this coursebook assists Bible translators with limited linguistics training to recognize differences in natural structures of the target and source languages for both narrative and behavioral genres. Concepts are carefully introduced with illustrative examples from both the Old and New Testaments followed by questions, exercises, and applications that effectively engage translation teams and individual translators to improve their draft translations and provide reasons for their decisions. These exercises and assignments promote careful scholarship by empowering translators to confidently present biblical truth in natural and accurate ways in the target language. As relevant, sections are addressed specifically to speakers of verb-initial, verb-medial, and verb-final languages.