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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, author. 1998. Perceived authenticity: The fourth criterion of good translation.
• BOSWELL, Freddy, author. 1996. Translation awareness courses in the Solomon Islands.
• CROFTS, Marjorie; DEIBLER, Ellis W.; LARSON, Mildred L., authors. 1998. Meaning-Based Translation Workbook: Biblical Exercises.  
• CULY, Martin M., author. 1993. The top-down approach to translation.
• FLOOR, Sebastian, author. 2007. "Four Bible translation types and some criteria to distinguish them."  
• LARSON, Mildred L., author. 1998. Meaning-Based Translation: A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence.  
• MUNGER, Scott T., author. 1999. Bible, Babel, and babble: the foundations of Bible translation.
• MUNGER, Scott T., author. 2001. Biblia, Babel y balbuceo: los fundamentos de la traducción bíblica.
• SCHOOLING, Stephen J., author. 1992. Making the theory live: more practical proposals for training mother-tongue translators.
• SIM, Ronald J., author. 2004. "Modeling the translation task: taking Luke 20:27-38 as a case study."
• TABER, Kathleen B., author. 1999. Key terms and multiple senses: The importance of exploring receptor language vocabulary.
• TAUBERSCHMIDT, Gerhard, author. 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., author. 1997. More on Luther’s Bible translation principles.
• WATT, Milton L., author. 2008. Review of: Le Ton Beau de Marot: in praise of the music of language, by Douglas R. Hofstadter.  

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Tanzania

• MATTHEWS, Thomas G., author. 2009. "Toward a prototypical model of culture for Bible translation."  

Zambia

• WENDLAND, Ernst R., author. 2009. "The cultural factor in Bible translation forty years later: A personal perspective from Zambia."  

Asia

India

• ABU-MAHFOUZ, Ahmad, author. 2008. "Translation as a blending of cultures."