Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 95 No. 2, 2025.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.53745/bs.95.2.4
Translation Theories and Their Potential to Inform Bible Translation and Scholarship
Nataša Pavlović
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Bible translation is a special type of translation, posing specific demands on translators and translation scholars alike. Bible translations have been the subject of theoretical inquiries since St. Jerome’s time until this day. A key figure in the emergence of Translation Studies as a separate discipline was Eugene Nida, an American linguist and coordinator of Bible translation projects into numerous languages around the world. Nida’s approach to translation, especially his concept of dynamic equivalence, set the foundations of modern-day Biblical translation, with an impact on Bible translations still reverberating today. However, the more recent translation theories, such as skopos theory, descriptive translation studies, polysystem theory, or theories emerging within cultural and postcolonial studies, have played a less prominent role in the field of Bible translation. This paper presents some key insights from these theories, addressing the question of whether and to what extent they may inform the practice of, and research on, Bible translation.
Keywords
Translation Studies; translation theory; Bible translation
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334994
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Publication date:
5.9.2025.
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