From 5a88ce1a20158a9f4f08e86cb282352b6066553a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:20:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Hashmarks - Numbers --- jit/translate-numbers/01.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/jit/translate-numbers/01.md b/jit/translate-numbers/01.md index 238f5bb..8c7b106 100644 --- a/jit/translate-numbers/01.md +++ b/jit/translate-numbers/01.md @@ -46,13 +46,15 @@ We will use the following verse in our examples: 1. Combine words for large numbers. - * I have prepared for the house of Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold, a thousand thousand talents of silver, and bronze and iron in large quantities. + * I have prepared for the house of Yahweh a hundred thousand talents of gold, a thousand thousand talents of silver, and bronze and iron in large quantities. 1. Use a very general expression for very large rounded numbers and write the numeral in parentheses afterward. * I have prepared for the house of Yahweh a great amount of gold (100,000 talents), ten times that amount of silver (1,000,000 talents), and bronze and iron in large quantities. -#### Consistency +### Consistency in Writing Numbers + +####Consistency in your translation Be consistent in your translations. Decide how the numbers will be translated, using numbers or numerals. There are different ways of being consistent. @@ -63,8 +65,9 @@ Be consistent in your translations. Decide how the numbers will be translated, u * Use words for numbers that require few words and numerals for numbers that require more than a few words. * Use words to represent numbers, and write the numerals in parentheses after them. -#### Consistency in the ULB and UDB +####Consistency in the ULB and UDB The *Unlocked Literal Bible* (ULB) and the *Unlocked Dynamic Bible* (UDB) use words for numbers that have only one or two words (nine, sixteen, three hundred). They use numerals for numbers that have more than two words (the numerals "130" instead of "one hundred thirty"). + >When Adam had lived 130 years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and he called his name Seth. After Adam became the father of Seth, he lived eight hundred years. He became the father of more sons and daughters. Adam lived 930 years, and then he died. (Genesis 5:3-5 ULB)