Do We Translate the Original Author’s Intended Meaning?

• Autorzy: David B. Frank
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Translation of the Bible or any other text unavoidably involves a determination about its meaning. There have been different views of meaning from ancient times up to the present, and a particularly Enlightenment and Modernist view is that the meaning of a text amounts to whatever the original author of the text intended it to be. This article analyzes the authorial-intent view of meaning in comparison with other models of literary and legal interpretation. Texts are anchors to interpretation but are subject to individualized interpretations. It is texts that are translated, not intentions. The challenge to the translator is to negotiate the meaning of a text and try to choose the most salient and appropriate interpretation as a basis for bringing the text to a new audience through translation.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

interpretation; textual meaning; authorial intent; philosophical hermeneutics; originalism

• Wydawca: Sciendo
• Czasopismo: Open Theology
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 2
• Numer: 1

Daty

otrzymano

2016-03-14

zaakceptowano

2016-04-25

online

2016-07-29

Twórcy

autor

David B. Frank

• SIL International

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/opth-2016-0051