This is the presentation of my dissertation when I defended it in May of 2005. Of course it is in Spanish since I defened it at the University of Alicante.
tesispresentation
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Dissertation
In May of 2005 I successfully defended my dissertation on Bible translation thus earning a doctorate in translation theory with a specific focus on Bible Translation. The title of my dissertation, under the direction of Dr. Javier Franco Aixela, is "A Comparative Analysis of English Bible Translations with a View Towards Defining and Describing Paradigms."
The links below provide access to all of the material in my dissertation.
David B. Bell, PhD
Spanish summary
Final Text
Comparisons
The links below provide access to all of the material in my dissertation.
David B. Bell, PhD
Spanish summary
Final Text
Comparisons
Sunday, May 1, 2005
Dissertation Abstract
A Comparative Analysis of Formal Shifts in English Bible Translations with a View Towards Defining and Describing Paradigms
If, as might seem evident to any reader who is familiar with the literature, there truly does exist a real difference between the traditional translations of the Bible, commonly labeled as formal equivalence, and the modern translations of the Bible, commonly known as functional equivalence, then there should be some objective way to study these two families of translations and verify that there truly is a distinction, as well as describe and definie those prctices which differentiate the two. This study creates a vertical arrangement of ten different major English translations, comparing their formal features with those of the original Hebrew and Greek texts. The data of this comparison are then represented through numerical scores and then analyzed in further detail. The reults of this comparative analysis yield facts which can lead to broad conclusions concerning the treatment of the form of the original in traditional and modern English translations of the Bible.
If, as might seem evident to any reader who is familiar with the literature, there truly does exist a real difference between the traditional translations of the Bible, commonly labeled as formal equivalence, and the modern translations of the Bible, commonly known as functional equivalence, then there should be some objective way to study these two families of translations and verify that there truly is a distinction, as well as describe and definie those prctices which differentiate the two. This study creates a vertical arrangement of ten different major English translations, comparing their formal features with those of the original Hebrew and Greek texts. The data of this comparison are then represented through numerical scores and then analyzed in further detail. The reults of this comparative analysis yield facts which can lead to broad conclusions concerning the treatment of the form of the original in traditional and modern English translations of the Bible.
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