tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post8614150912711150152..comments2023-10-25T08:44:46.963-07:00Comments on Two Friars and A Fool: Homosexuality is an abominationAric Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15241157655075444268noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post-74905780130230911072010-11-06T21:13:14.466-07:002010-11-06T21:13:14.466-07:00Heh. Many PhD translate-y types have had their cra...Heh. Many PhD translate-y types have had their crack. That's who produced the NIV, NRSV, NASB etc... translation is an art, not a science. Doubtful anyone with any level of knowledge will ever satisfactorily translate scripture for everyone.Aric Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15241157655075444268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post-52548316073742908162010-11-06T18:50:31.452-07:002010-11-06T18:50:31.452-07:00Clearly, this is a question for one of those PhD t...Clearly, this is a question for one of those PhD translate-y types.Douglas Underhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215736448645573566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post-49461245085795336262010-11-06T18:19:24.620-07:002010-11-06T18:19:24.620-07:00I say, if the word does not really exist in Englis...I say, if the word does not really exist in English, then don't translate it. <br /><br />"toevah" it is. Maybe it will become and English word with time.Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15447125159108080797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post-88705601242383651382010-11-05T12:55:57.701-07:002010-11-05T12:55:57.701-07:00I can't come up with a better term than "...I can't come up with a better term than "taboo", and I think in a translation I made (if I am ever qualified to do so) I might replace toevah with taboo.Douglas Underhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215736448645573566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post-90236949420348884572010-11-05T12:27:14.694-07:002010-11-05T12:27:14.694-07:00I think it might be best to just continually teach...I think it might be best to just continually teach it as "toevah" because that way the even idea that this term is passing from one cultural context to another is inherent in the use of word from another context (if that makes sense).<br /><br />But that's hard if your doing a translation.Nick Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265851893310000081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post-64146181707635084512010-11-05T12:15:58.164-07:002010-11-05T12:15:58.164-07:00Yeah, I'd like to keep the cultural relativity...Yeah, I'd like to keep the cultural relativity of the term in there somehow. It is situationally "disgusting". I like "taboo". ie: forbidden to US because of ritual laws in place to protect our identity. Not because of inherent immorality. They even recognize that things can be [<i>toevah</i>] for other cultures that are perfectly permissible to Israel.Aric Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15241157655075444268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post-52616235458900250402010-11-05T11:50:45.238-07:002010-11-05T11:50:45.238-07:00I think I'd want to maintain some of the sense...I think I'd want to maintain some of the sense of cultural purity - these things are detestable because they dilute our identity, and our identity is threatened as a tiny country surrounded by empires. If we trim our beard hairs, or eat food in a way that violates our philosophical categories of living things, it's one step closer to cultural death.<br /><br />I'm trying to think of a word that fits, but living in an empire, it's hard.Douglas Underhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215736448645573566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post-21745325071466398782010-11-05T11:39:22.381-07:002010-11-05T11:39:22.381-07:00when i publish my translation of the bible...
[to...when i publish my translation of the bible... <br />[toevah] will be translated "disgusting." really, they're saying "ew that's gross." gross like trimming your beard - for goodness sake!presbybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02151535916415715713noreply@blogger.com