• St.
Jerome (347-419) priest and doctor, patron of Scripture scholars,
librarians, libraries, translators, students, archeologists,
archivists:
"While Jerome was an accomplished and careful translator, he
was not a dogmatic one. He translated idiom for idiom, and not always
word for word. For example, he produced at least three translations
of the psalms in his attempt to capture and illuminate these prayers
of the Church. Jerome believed that a good translator will give
the new language equal weight with the original and will try to
make the translation equivalent to the original not just in meaning
but also in quality of style. Any translation should reflect the
new language used at its best-this Jerome learned from Cicero. The
principle that Jerome used as he translated was not "word for
word" but "sense for sense." Today the type of translation
that Jerome favored is called "dynamic equivalence" and
is found, for example, in The Liturgical Psalter sponsored by the
International Committee on English in the Liturgy and published
by Liturgical Training Publications of Chicago." More by Leslie
J. Hoppe OFM
Missions
•
Society of Divine
Word, an international Roman Catholic missionary congregation
of priests and brothers counting among its 6000 members, men from
62 different countries.
• Christian
Missions is an interdenominational resourceful website for
missions.
• The
basic ministry of BBTI
is to train missionaries in linguistics.
• International
Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention is a Baptist
site providing useful links to various mission portals.
• Wycliff
Bible Translations
• American
Bible Society / Sociedad
Biblica Americana
International
Ministries
•
Holy
See News Services releases daily news in Spanish, French and
Englis. Vatican radio and TV broadcast in several languages
• Taize,
an ecumenical international community of brothers located in central
France, holds weekly international young adult meetings year round,
a special need for translators and interpreters arises during
Taize yearly European Youth Meetings organized in Dec-Jan in diferent
European cities.
Local churches
• Contact your local minister for specific needs in your
area: interpreting the pastor's homilies, Bible studies and counseling
meetings. For example, the majority of Hispanic population is
Roman Catholic or Pentecostal. Call the nearest Catholic parish
or check out the diocesan
website.
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