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Another point that I’ve found difficult in Bible translations is from John 1:1. The NIV says, “In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

It’s this word “Word” that I find tricky. I guess we all know about the whole concept of the logos that it is translated from, and that has gotten a lot of attention over the years.

In Chinese it is translated as 道 (dao). That’s the Way, as in Taoism’s central thought (it is the root word in Taoism).

I waver between liking and disliking this translation. It is innovative, and it does something similar to what John does in using the idea of the logos -- it takes an idea that is central to a culture and thought system and reappropriates it, infusing it with a new (God-given) meaning.

On the other hand, the 道 is a different concept than the logos altogether. One major difference, which is what most troubles me, is that the 道 is “that which cannot be expressed,” whereas the logos points to the ultimate expression. That creates a sticky sort of translation issue.

On the other hand, the elegance and beauty of the translation is intriguing. It does, at the least, give one pause for thought.

I meant to follow up on my comments about Bible translations earlier than this, but I've been pretty bogged down. I've finally gotten to it now.

I am in the midst of working on Colossians with the group here, and we've come across some funny translations.

Here are a few of the verses that are tough to translate:

Colossians 2:9 from the NIV

For in Christ all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form

Yikes! that is a very tough thought to translate into Chinese. The main version of the Chinese Bible botches this one badly, which is sad when you consider its significance in the message of the New Testament. One of our members, though, had an interesting translation from a newer version. It translated "Deity" as 神类 -- the nature/essence/being of God/gods. (人类 is humanity -- the nature/essence/being of humans.) That was a nice job of a tough passage.

 

Colossians 1:15, in the NIV, says:

He is the image of the invisible God

That is not especially easy to translate into Chinese, though not as difficult as the above example. But, the sad thing is that the translation gets bogged down not at the more difficult part, but at something that should be easy. It says 爱子是那不能看见之神的像 in the Chinese version. The problem I have is with the phrase 那不能看见之神 -- it contains an unnecessary ambiguity. It can mean "the invisible God/god" or it can mean "the God/god without sight." (Like the blind God of Justice?) Granted, I think it is fair to say that most readers would not stumble over this, at least if they already knew something about the God of the Bible. But that is the thing... what about a reader who doesn't know?

And to make it worse, the problem could've been solved quite easily. I think most children who speak Mandarin could fix that ambiguity problem. While it isn't necessarily a big deal, I find it irritating because the problem is easy to fix.

And that isn't even all. Our whole study of Colossians has revealed several spots where the translation is really rough. It's sad, because I find the English version of the book very poetic and very beautiful.

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This is a continuation of my translation of the story, The God of the Gate.

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