I’m wondering about blindspots when it comes to “seeing” our own culture. First, I wonder about how much Western/Anglo culture affects international translation efforts when the tools for translation are in English and generated (for the most part) by the Western Church. Is a layer of interpretation inserted between the Ancient Hebrew text and the [...]
Dr. Elsa Tamez was the first special speaker of the BT2009 conference. She is a Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Latin American Biblical University, Costa Rica. She is also a UBS Translation Consultant and a theological advisor for the Latin American Council of Churches. Tonight she looked at the effect of the book of [...]
when you see people wearing t-shirts like this: So much fun having 240+ language/translation people in one room eating together. More later.
