Subject: Re: tc-list Literal, Dynamic Equivalence, and Paraphrase

From: Jim West <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:18:36 -0500

At 02:09 PM 3/30/98 -0600, you wrote:
>This is only indirectly related to tc.  I know that every English
>translation has some literal, some dynamic equivalence, and some
>paraphrase renderings.  However I am interested in how the newer
>translations would be classified (using the above three categories.)  For
>example, the 1970 NASB is literal, the 1978 NIV is DE, and the 1971 Living
>Bible is paraphrase.  How would you classify those below?
>
>1901 ASV  = literal
>1952 RSV  = literal
>1958 Phillips = paraphrase
>1976 TEV = DE
>1982 NKJV  = literal
>1989 NRSV  = literal
>1993 Message = paraphrase
>1995 God's Word = paraphrase
>1995 CEV  = DE
>1996 NLT  = paraphrase
>1996 NCV  = paraphrase/DE

my .01 cent worth, anyway.

Best,

Jim
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