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Translation principles

Index of SIL publications on Translation principles listed by country.

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General works

• Andersen, T. David. 1998. "Perceived authenticity: The fourth criterion of good translation."
• Boswell, Fred. 1996. "Translation awareness courses in the Solomon Islands."
• Culy, Martin M. 1993. "The top-down approach to translation."
• Floor, Sebastian J. 2007. "Four Bible translation types and some criteria to distinguish them."  
• Larson, Mildred L. 1998. Meaning-based translation: a guide to cross-language equivalence.  
• Larson, Mildred L., Ellis W. Deibler and Marjorie Crofts. 1998. Meaning-based translation workbook: Biblical exercises.  
• Munger, Scott. 1999. Bible, Babel, and babble: the foundations of Bible translation.
• Munger, Scott. 2001. Biblia, Babel y balbuceo: los fundamentos de la traducción bíblica.
• Schooling, Stephen J. 1992. "Making the theory live: more practical proposals for training mother-tongue translators."
• Sim, Ronald J. 2004. "Modeling the translation task: taking Luke 20:27-38 as a case study."
• Taber, Kathleen B. 1999. "Key terms and multiple senses: The importance of exploring receptor language vocabulary."
• Tauberschmidt, Gerhard. 1997. "Concerns about the Septuagint as a basis for Old Testament textual decisions."
• Wannemacher, Mark, editor. 1998. Translation training manual for mother tongue translators.
• Watt, Milton L. 1997. "More on Luther’s Bible translation principles."
• Watt, Milton. 2008. Review of: Le Ton Beau de Marot: in praise of the music of language, by Douglas R. Hofstadter.  

Works specific to particular countries

Asia

India

• Abu-Mahfouz, Ahmad. 2008. "Translation as a blending of cultures."