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Monica Cellio
Monica Cellio
12:43 AM
06-25: speculative
 
Monica Cellio
Monica Cellio
1:06 AM
@MonicaCellio I went ahead and asked:
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Q: Why do English translations sometimes, but not always, transform names instead of just transliterating them?

Monica CellioWhen translating a text you have to deal with names. While occasionally names are translated "semantically" (according to their meaning), usually we just keep the name as a name -- approximately. Abraham (or Avraham) in the Hebrew becomes Abraham in the English; ditto Sarah, David, Reuben (Reuv...

translation-philosophy
 
Anonymous
Anonymous
1:36 AM
Good question.
 
Monica Cellio
Monica Cellio
@Anonymous thanks.
 
Jas 3.1
Jas 3.1
Ahem. My reputation is 1,777 now. Just had to make a big deal about that before it's too late.
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Monica Cellio
Monica Cellio
@Jas3.1 it's a pretty number. Is it numerically significant?
 
Jas 3.1
Jas 3.1
some people make a big deal about 777, like 666... just trying to be funny
 
Monica Cellio
Monica Cellio
@Jas3.1 ah. It was the '1' that was throwing me.
And when I hit 11,111 on Mi Yodeya, I totally took a screen shot and shared it in chat. Let's not ignore pretty numbers! :-)
 

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