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Fixed Poetry formatting
**Examples from the Bible: Looks like poetry Examples of Translation Strategies Applied: Paragraphs to allow standard bulleted formatting.
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@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ In Isaiah 5:1-7, Isaiah presents God's disappointment with his people as the dis
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><sup>7</sup>For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel,
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>and the man of Judah his pleasant planting;
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>he waited for justice, but instead, there was killing; for righteousness, but, instead, a cry for help. (ULB)
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>he waited for justice, but instead, there was killing; for righteousness, but, instead, a shout for help. (ULB)
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### Translation Strategies
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@ -59,68 +59,22 @@ Consider using the same extended metaphor if your readers will understand it in
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### Examples of Translation Strategies Applied
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1. If the target audience would think that the images should be understood literally, translate it as a simile by using "like" or "as." It may be enough to to do this in just the first sentence or two. See Psalm 23:1-2 as an example:
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1. If the target audience would think that the images should be understood literally, translate it as a simile by using "like" or "as." It may be enough to to do this in just the first sentence or two.
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**Formatted as standard Trans Strat Applied ULB with application**
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* **Yahweh is <u>my shepherd</u>; I will lack nothing. He makes <u>me</u> to lie down in green pastures; <u>he leads me</u> beside tranquil water.** (Psalm 23:1-2 ULB)
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* "Yahweh is <u>like</u> a shepherd to me, so I will lack nothing. <u>Like</u> a shepherd who makes his sheep lie down in green pastures and leads them by peaceful waters, Yahweh helps me to rest peacefully."
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**Formatted as poetry**
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>**Yahweh is <u>my shepherd</u>; I will lack nothing.**
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>**He makes <u>me</u> to lie down in green pastures;**
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>**<u>he leads me</u> beside tranquil water.** (ULB)
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Can be translated as:
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>"Yahweh is <u>like</u> a shepherd to me, so I will lack nothing.
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><u>Like</u> a shepherd who makes his sheep lie down in green pastures and leads them by peaceful waters,
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>Yahweh helps me to rest peacefully."
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**Formatted as Poetry, but using bullets in application so it doesn't look like regular example ULB text.**
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>**Yahweh is <u>my shepherd</u>; I will lack nothing.**
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>**He makes <u>me</u> to lie down in green pastures;**
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>**<u>he leads me</u> beside tranquil water.** (ULB)
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Can be translated as:
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* "Yahweh is <u>like</u> a shepherd to me, so I will lack nothing.
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* <u>Like</u> a shepherd who makes his sheep lie down in green pastures and leads them by peaceful waters,
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* Yahweh helps me to rest peacefully."
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* Yahweh is <u>like</u> a shepherd to me, so I will lack nothing. <u>Like</u> a shepherd who makes his sheep lie down in green pastures and leads them by peaceful waters, Yahweh helps me to rest peacefully.
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1. If the target audience would not know the image, find a way of translating it so they can understand what the image is.
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>**My well beloved had a <u>vineyard</u> on a very fertile hill.**
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>**He <u>spaded</u> it and removed the stones, and planted it with the <u>choicest</u> vine.**
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>**He built <u>a tower</u> in the middle of it, and also built a <u>winepress</u>.**
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>**He waited for it to produce grapes, but it produced <u>wild grapes</u>.**(Isaiah 5:1-2 ULB)
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May be translated as:
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>"My well beloved had a <u>grapevine garden</u> on a very fertile hill.
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>He <u>dug up the ground</u> and removed the stones, and planted it with <u>the best grapevines</u>.
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>He built a <u>watchtower</u> in the middle of it, and also built <u>a tank where he could crush the juice out of the grapes</u>.
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>He waited for it to produce grapes, but it produced <u>wild grapes that were not good for making wine</u>."
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* **My well beloved had a <u>vineyard</u> on a very fertile hill. He <u>spaded</u> it, removed the stones, and planted it with an <u>excellent kind of vine</u>. He built <u>a tower</u> in the middle of it, and also built a <u>winepress</u>. He waited for it to produce grapes, but it only produced <u>wild grapes</u>.**(Isaiah 5:1-2 ULB)
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* My well beloved had a <u>grapevine garden</u> on a very fertile hill. He <u>dug up the ground</u> and removed the stones, and planted it with <u>the best grapevines</u>. He built a <u>watchtower</u> in the middle of it, and also built <u>a tank where he could crush the juice out of the grapes</u>. He waited for it to produce grapes, but it produced <u>wild grapes that were not good for making wine</u>."
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1. If the target audience still would not understand, then state it clearly.
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* **Yahweh is <u>my shepherd</u>; I will lack nothing.** (Psalm 23:1 ULB)
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* "Yahweh <u>cares for me</u> like a shepherd that cares for his sheep, so I will lack nothing."
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* "Yahweh <u>cares for me</u> like a shepherd who cares for his sheep, so I will lack nothing."
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* **For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts <u>is</u> the house of Israel, and the man of Judah his pleasant planting; he waited for justice, but instead, there was killing; for righteousness, but, instead, a shout for help.** (Isaiah 5:7 ULB)
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* For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts <u>represents</u> the house of Israel, and the men of Judah <u>are like</u> his pleasant planting; he waited for justice, but instead, there was killing; for righteousness, but, instead, a cry for help.
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* <u>So as a farmer stops caring for a grapevine garden that produces bad fruit</u>, <u>Yahweh will stop protecting</u> Israel and Judah, <u>because they do not do what is right</u>; he waited for justice, but instead, there was killing; for righteousness, but, instead, a cry for help.
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>**For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts <u>is</u> the house of Israel,**
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>**and the men of Judah his pleasant planting;**
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>**he waited for justice, but instead, there was killing;**
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>**for righteousness, but, instead, a cry for help.** (Isaiah 5:7 ULB)
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Can be translated as:
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>For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts <u>represents</u> the house of Israel,
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>and the men of Judah <u>are like</u> his pleasant planting;
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>he waited for justice, but instead, there was killing;
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>for righteousness, but, instead, a cry for help.
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* <u>So as a farmer stops caring for a grapevine garden that produces bad fruit</u>,
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* <u>Yahweh will stop protecting</u> Israel and Judah,
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* <u>because they do not do what is right</u>.
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* he waited for justice, but instead, there was killing;
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* for righteousness, but, instead, a cry for help.
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