Translation Theory and Methods

• Against the Theory of ‘Dynamic Equivalence’ by Michael Marlowe
• Was the Bible Written in 'Street Language'? by Michael Marlowe
• Language and Thought. The history and current status of the idea that language shapes the way we think.
• Open Letter on Translating by Martin Luther (1530)
• Principles of Translation issued by the Forum of Bible Agencies (1999)
• Quotations about Language compiled from various sources
• Bibliography of Translation Theories and Methods
• Gender-Neutralizing Translations
• Norms for the Translation of Biblical Texts for Use in the Liturgy issued by the Vatican in June 1997
• Liturgiam Authenticam, the official Vatican “Instruction” on liturgical and biblical translation issued in March 2001.
  • The Catholic Biblical Association's reaction to Liturgiam Authenticam
  • Vatican Response to Criticism
  • Ratio Translationis for the English Language published by the Vatican in 2007.
• How To Translate, by Vern Poythress and Wayne Grudem.
• Translating the Gospels: A Discussion Between Dr. E.V. Rieu and the Rev. J.B. Phillips
• Translation Theory. An introductory essay by T. David Gordon (1985).
• Some Principles Of “Common-Language” Translation, by William L. Wonderly.
• Truth and Fullness of Meaning: Fullness versus Reductionistic Semantics in Biblical Interpretation. By Vern Sheridan Poythress. A paper presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.
• Articles on the Importance of Literary Style in Translation, by various authors.
• Dynamic Equivalence Defined
• “Dynamic Equivalence” in Practice
• Eugene Nida on ‘Personal Problems’ in Translation
• Eugene Nida on ‘Criteria to be Used in Judging Translations’
• The Sociolinguistics of Translating Canonical Religious Texts, by Eugene Nida.
• Reynolds Price on the impossibility of 'Dynamic Equivalence'
• Remarks On Translation, by R. H. Horne.
• Über die verschiedenen Methoden des Übersetzens, by Friedrich Schleiermacher (1813).
• A Theoretical Account of Translation—Without a Translation Theory, by Ernst-August Gutt.
• Aspects of 'Cultural Literacy' Relevant to Bible Translation, by Ernst-August Gutt. Article from the Journal of Translation 2/1 (2006).
• Articles on the ‘Muslim Idiom’ Translation Controversy
• Preface to Lasserre’s Les Saints Evangiles.
• The Question of Modernness, in the Light of Two Recent Examples, by Henry M. Whitney.
• Letter of Jerome to Pammachius, on the Best Method of Translating.
• Articles on other sites about Methods of Translation