07-09-2008, 12:56 PM
Akhi Paul,
I really do appreciate the format you've chosen. I also agree that you cannot get a translation that is even close to containing the original. Like the Talmud says, if a person translates literally, he is a liar. If he translates according to the meaning, he is a blasphemer and a libeler.
True, they didn't show the text they were translating. This, though, is also partly because they did not think that text was original. There was no particular need to show the text if it was simply a translation from the Greek.
I really do appreciate the format you've chosen. I also agree that you cannot get a translation that is even close to containing the original. Like the Talmud says, if a person translates literally, he is a liar. If he translates according to the meaning, he is a blasphemer and a libeler.
True, they didn't show the text they were translating. This, though, is also partly because they did not think that text was original. There was no particular need to show the text if it was simply a translation from the Greek.