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“To be sure, all translation is interpretation. ... Be that as it may, functional-equivalence translations, which presume that ambiguity, multivalence, and contradiction are by definition not part of the Bible, take far more creative and interpretive license than formal ones in eradicating those features. In so doing, they too often try to make the Bible into something it's not.”
Timothy Beal
“I love these words that just can't be translated from language to language. They seem dignified, grounded, battling against the imperialism of reality.”
Olivier Magny“Translating from #cat is easy - you just ignore everything, then you decide what you want it to have said, thought, or wanted.”
Will Advise, Nothing is here...“Never trust the translation or interpretation of something without first trusting its interpreter.”
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem“Call it the Human Mission-to be all and do all God sent us here to do. And notice-the mission to be fruitful and conquer and hold sway is given both to Adam and to Eve. 'And God said to them...' Eve is standing right there when God gives the world over to us. She has a vital role to play; she is a partner in this great adventure. All that human beings were intended to do here on earth-all the creativity and exploration, all the battle and rescue and nurture-we were intended to do together. In fact, not only is Eve needed, but she is desperately needed.When God creates Eve, he calls her an ezer kenegdo. 'It is not good for the man to be alone, I shall make him [an ezer kenegdo]' (Gen. 2:18 Alter). Hebrew scholar Robert Alter, who has spent years translating the book of Genesis, says that this phrase is 'notoriously difficult to translate.' The various attempts we have in English are "helper" or "companion" or the notorious "help meet." Why are these translations so incredibly wimpy, boring, flat...disappointing? What is a help meet, anyway? What little girl dances through the house singing "One day I shall be a help meet?" Companion? A dog can be a companion. Helper? Sounds like Hamburger Helper. Alter is getting close when he translates it "sustainer beside him"The word ezer is used only twenty other places in the entire Old Testament. And in every other instance the person being described is God himself, when you need him to come through for you desperately.”
Stasi Eldredge, Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul“When a people has no translations and is unable to promote its culture, it does not exist.”
Bakhtyar Ali“All translations are made up" opined Vikram, "Languages are different for a reason. You can't move ideas between them without losing something”
G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen“The Bible has been through at least half a dozen translations by the time you read it. Plus, when the word of God is infected by the hand of man, that is, written down, it is tainted.”
Craig Ferguson, Between the Bridge and the River“That which is not comprehended by the mind but by which the mind comprehends—know that...”
Prabhavananda, The Upanishads: Translations from the Sanskrit“The modern cheap and fertile press, with all its translations, has done little to bring us nearer to the heroic writers of antiquity.”
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