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Religion
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St. Jerome (347-419) priest and doctor, patron of Scripture scholars,
librarians, libraries, translators, students, archeologists,
archivists:
"While Jerome was an accomplished and careful translator, he was not a
dogmatic one. He translated idiom for idiom, and not always word for word.
For example, he produced at least three translations of the psalms in his
attempt to capture and illuminate these prayers of the Church. Jerome
believed that a good translator will give the new language equal weight with
the original and will try to make the translation equivalent to the original
not just in meaning but also in quality of style. Any translation should
reflect the new language used at its best-this Jerome learned from Cicero.
The principle that Jerome used as he translated was not "word for word" but
"sense for sense." Today the type of translation that Jerome favored is
called "dynamic equivalence" and is found, for example, in The Liturgical
Psalter sponsored by the International Committee on English in the Liturgy
and published by Liturgical Training Publications of Chicago." More by
Leslie J. Hoppe OFM
Missions
• Society of
Divine Word, an international Roman Catholic missionary congregation of
priests and brothers counting among its 6000 members, men from 62 different
countries.
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Christian Missions is an
interdenominational resourceful website for missions.
• The basic ministry
of BBTI is to
train missionaries in linguistics.
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International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention is a
Baptist site providing useful links to various mission portals.
• Wycliff Bible
Translations
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American Bible
Society / Sociedad
Biblica Americana
International Ministries
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Holy See News Services releases daily news in Spanish, French and
Englis. Vatican radio and TV broadcast in several languages
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Taize, an
ecumenical international community of brothers located in central France,
holds weekly international young adult meetings year round, a special need
for translators and interpreters arises during Taize yearly European Youth
Meetings organized in Dec-Jan in diferent European cities.
Local churches
• Contact your local minister for specific needs in your area: interpreting
the pastor's homilies, Bible studies and counseling meetings. For example,
the majority of Hispanic population is Roman Catholic or Pentecostal. Call
the nearest Catholic parish or check out the
diocesan
website.
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