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| Maximus Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6684 days ago 417 posts - 427 votes  Studies: Spanish, Japanese, Thai | Message 9 of 84 23 April 2009 at 11:54pm | IP Logged | ||
I know what you mean! I have recently been getting into Heian Japanese. I find old-fashioned Japanese really fun to read. So when I started reading my Japanese Bible for the first time, I kind of wanted it to be more old-fashioned than what it really was! I was surpised because it was more modern than what I had expected it to be. Maybe I can find one online with a more old-fashioned feel to the language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Uthnapistim Diglot Newbie Finland Joined 5629 days ago 19 posts - 25 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English Studies: German, Indonesian | Message 10 of 84 24 April 2009 at 12:12am | IP Logged | ||
At one point I also used passages from a couple of German bible versions as a reading list and a source for vocabulary when studying German. If you are very familiar with the bibilical texts in your native language and interested in the subject, you will most likely find the bible to be a good reading material, especially in the early stages of your study of the target language. Of course, as was pointed out by "Dark Sunshine" above, the vocabulary is somewhat limited and specialized. On the other hand, if you are interested in the history of your target language, then some of the older bible versions may offer glimpses to that as well.
This depends on what you mean by 'consistent' and how high a standard you set for consistency. Almost all recent translations to any language will use somewhat different Greek (and a bit less different Hebrew) text than the KJV translators did, thank to advances in textual criticism. And the choice made between more literal or more free style of translation has an effect as well (NIV being an example of rather free approach indeed). But if you judge KJV and NIV to be 'consistent' with one another, then I'm fairly sure you can say the same about KJV and any decent German translation. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5894 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 11 of 84 24 April 2009 at 12:22am | IP Logged | ||
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For a "truly modern" version, look for one that is dynamic language equivalent. The text basically will reflect how people currently speak. Another way would be to ask the clerk for a modern language version. Modern language versions include texts written in "current" literary style. Edited by Snowflake on 24 April 2009 at 12:30am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6638 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 13 of 84 24 April 2009 at 1:14am | IP Logged | ||
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I could certainly see myself using that kind of expressions, but only for fun.
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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6374 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 14 of 84 24 April 2009 at 2:40am | IP Logged | ||
Let's hope not. So, I'll throw in a post with two parts. First, a factual part. Some people who consider themselves Christians don't consider other people who consider themselves Christians to be Christians, because of doctrinal disagreement. This is a topic which can provoke quite a lot of ill-will, and which fundamentally cannot be resolved by a forum thread. If it's a topic you're interested in, please take it elsewhere - such as PM with someone willing, or another forum. Secondly, a request: please resume the original discussion, rather than getting into tangents about specific religious classifications or interpretations of bible verses; this is a forum where religious discussions are explicitly not to be done. Doubly so if they're political, as that's also against the forum rules. Edited by Volte on 24 April 2009 at 2:41am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6194 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 15 of 84 24 April 2009 at 2:57am | IP Logged | ||
Thank you for the clarification. *** Back to the to the topic, whether you are religious or not, this website contains a lot of articles + audio in many languages. You can use them to make parallel texts or parallel audio files: http://www.jw.org/index.html?option=QBJrYBNQF 1 person has voted this message useful |
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