Faith and Knowledge

■ Bible Translations Spectrum


- Formal Equivalen

Goal : Comprehension After form until the text Is comprehensible
Maintains metaphors, verbal allusions, and ambiguities
Often awkward Eng obscure, and incomprehensible
 



- Mediating

Goal : Clarity Alter form until the text is clear
Achieves both accuracy and clarity
More interpretation and something ....
 



- Functional Equivalent

Goal : Naturalness Alter form until the text is natural
Greatest comprehension
Most interpretation and loses texture of original