Translation and Performance
A Report from PC-BOAT sessions at SBL 2024 in San Diego
Translation Theory and Performance (S23-139)
James Maxey helps us to explore contemporary translation theories and performance criticism to facilitate synergy between these two approaches and to contribute to the advancement of both. Kelly Iverson responds.
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Gerald West explores the relationship between translation and performance based on his research on community-based praxis. Elizabeth Struthers Malbon responds.
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Sign Language and Performance Criticism (S23-234)
Noah Bucholz is a profound Deaf scholar, well-known as a Bible translator and a trainer of deaf translators. He delves into the interplay of performance criteria in Sign Language linguistics and how Deaf epistemology can provide a different perspective on Bible texts, benefiting both the Deaf and hearing communities in exegesis, hermeneutics and translation praxis.
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Isela Trujillo, United Bible Societies, Respondent (15 min)
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Marlon Winedt, United Bible Societies, Respondent (15 min)
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Teri Miles, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Respondent (15 min)
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Open Session on Translation and Performance (S24-141)
John Hobbins, Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Gambella, Ethiopia)
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing: On the Value of Singable Translations of the Psalms of the Bible (20 min)
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Nathan Esala, Seed Company
(Re-)translating Contestation in Ruth 2:7 in Ancient and Contemporary Versions of the Tradition (20 min)
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Isela Trujillo, United Bible Societies
Performance in Sign Language Bible Translation (20 min)
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Marlon Winedt, United Bible Societies
Multimodal Engagement: Creole Bible Translation and Cultural Dynamics in the Caribbean (20 min)
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