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# carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness

The setting changes from John being in heaven to being in a wilderness. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# pearls

beautiful and valuable white beads. They are formed inside the shell of a certain kind of small animal that lives in the ocean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])

# On her forehead was written a name

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Someone had written on her forehead a name" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]).

# Babylon the great

If it needs to be made clear that the name refers to the woman, it can be put in a sentence. AT: "I am Babylon, the powerful one" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The setting changes from John being in heaven to being in a wilderness. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])`

			`# pearls`

			`beautiful and valuable white beads. They are formed inside the shell of a certain kind of small animal that lives in the ocean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])`

			`# On her forehead was written a name`

			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "Someone had written on her forehead a name" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]).`

			`# Babylon the great`

			`If it needs to be made clear that the name refers to the woman, it can be put in a sentence. AT: "I am Babylon, the powerful one" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`