WycliffeAssociates
/
en_tm
6
1
Fork 4
Files Issues 17 Pull Requests Releases 3 Wiki Activity See in Reader

Issue 64 JITL Headings and Content

This commit is contained in:
Susan Quigley 2018-10-19 15:46:12 +00:00
parent 63dda02f62
commit 081f9a1903
1 changed files with 13 additions and 25 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

38
translate/figs-irony/01.md
View File

@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
### Description
Irony is a figure of speech in which the sense that the speaker intends to communicate is actually the opposite of the literal meaning of the words. Sometimes a person does this by using someone else's words, but in a way that communicates that he does not agree with them. People do this to emphasize how different something is from what it should be, or how someone else's belief about something is wrong or foolish. It is often humorous.
><u>No doubt you are the people; wisdom will die with you.</u> But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. (Job 12:2-3 ULB)
Job said this to men who thought that they were so much wiser than he was. He was angry with them. He did not believe that they were really so wise and that when they died there would be no more wise people.
>Jesus answered them, "People who are well do not need a physician; only people who are sick need one. I did not come to call <u>righteous people</u>, but to call sinners to repentance." (Luke 5:31-32)
When Jesus spoke of "righteous people," he was not referring to people who were truly righteous, but to people who wrongly believed that they were righteous. By using irony, Jesus communicated that they were wrong to think that they were better than others and did not need to repent.
Irony is a figure of speech in which the sense that the speaker intends to communicate is actually the opposite of the literal meaning of the words. Sometimes a person does this by using someone else's words, but in a way that communicates that he does not agree with them. People do this to emphasize how different something is from what it should be, or how someone else's belief about something is wrong or foolish. It often expresses anger.
#### Reason this is a translation issue
@ -21,21 +13,14 @@ When Jesus spoke of "righteous people," he was not referring to people who were
Here Jesus appears to praise the Pharisees for doing something that is obviously wrong. Through irony, he communicates the opposite of praise: He communicates that the Pharisees, who take great pride in keeping the commandments, are so far from God that they do not even recognize that their traditions are breaking God's commandments. The use of irony makes the Pharisee's sin more obvious and startling.
>Jesus answered them, "People who are well do not need a physician; only people who are sick need one. I did not come to call <u>righteous people</u>, but to call sinners to repentance." (Luke 5:31-32)
When Jesus spoke of "righteous people," he was not referring to people who were truly righteous, but to people who wrongly believed that they were righteous. By using irony, Jesus communicated that they were wrong to think that they were better than others and did not need to repent.
>"Present your case," says Yahweh; "present your best arguments for your idols," says the King of Jacob. <u>"Let them bring us their own arguments; have them come forward and declare to us what will happen, so we may know these things well. Have them tell us of earlier predictive declarations, so we can reflect on them and know how they were fulfilled</u>." (Isaiah 41:21-22 ULB)
People worshiped idols as if their idols had knowledge or power, and Yahweh was angry at them for doing that. So he used irony and challenged their idols to tell what would happen in the future. He knew that the idols could not do this, but by speaking as if they could, he mocked the idols, making their inability more obvious, and rebuked the people for worshiping them.
>Can you lead light and darkness to their places of work?
>Can you find the way back to their houses for them?
><u>Undoubtedly you know, for you were born then;</u>
>"<u>the number of your days is so large!</u>" (Job 38:20, 21 ULB)
Job thought that he was wise. Yahweh used irony to show Job that he was not so wise. The two underlined phrases above are irony. They emphasize the opposite of what they say, because they are so obviously false. They emphasize that Job could not possibly answer God's questions about the creation of light because Job was not born until many, many years later.
>Already you have all you could want! Already you have become rich! You began to reign—and that quite apart from us! (1 Corinthians 4:8 ULB)
The Corinthians considered themselves to be very wise, self-sufficient, and not in need of any instruction from the Apostle Paul. Paul used irony, speaking as if he agreed with them, to show how proudly they were acting and how far from being wise they really were.
><u>How honored the king of Israel was today</u>, who undressed himself today before the eyes of the slave girls among his servants, like one of the crude fellows who shamelessly undresses himself!"
King David's wife said this when she was angry with him for wearing so little clothing when he danced before Yahweh out in the street. When she said "How honored the king of Israel was today," she really meant that he was dishonored and that she was angry about it.
@ -46,21 +31,24 @@ If the irony would be understood correctly in your language, translate it as it
1. Translate it in a way that shows that the speaker is saying what someone else believes.
1. Translate the actual, intended meaning of the statement of irony. The actual meaning of the irony is <u>not</u> found in the literal words of the speaker, but instead the true meaning is found in the opposite of the literal meaning of the speaker's words.
1. Translate it in a way that shows the speaker's anger about the situation.
### Examples of Translation Strategies Applied
1. Translate it in a way that shows that the speaker is saying what someone else believes.
* **<u>How well</u> you reject the commandment of God so you may keep your tradition!** (Mark 7:9 ULB)
* <u>You think that you are doing so well,</u> but you reject God's commandment in order to keep your tradition!
* <u>You act like it is good to reject God's commandment</u> so you may keep your tradition!
* <u>You act like it is good to reject God's commandment</u> so you may keep your tradition!
* **I did not come to call <u>righteous people</u>, but to call sinners to repentance.** (Luke 5:32)
* I did not come to call <u>people who think that they are righteous</u>, but to call sinners to repentance.
* I did not come to call <u>people who think that they are righteous</u>, but to call sinners to repentance.
1. Translate the actual, intended meaning of the statement of irony.
* **<u>How well</u> you reject the commandment of God so you may keep your tradition!** (Mark 7:9 ULB)
* <u>You are doing a terrible thing</u> when you reject the commandment of God so you may keep your tradition!
* **"Present your case," says Yahweh; "present your best arguments for your idols," says the King of Jacob. "<u>Let them bring us their own arguments; have them come forward and declare to us what will happen</u>, so we may know these things well. <u>Have them tell us of earlier predictive declarations</u>, so we can reflect on them and know how they were fulfilled."** (Isaiah 41:21-22 ULB)
* 'Present your case,' says Yahweh; 'present your best arguments for your idols,' says the King of Jacob. <u>Your idols cannot bring us their own arguments or come forward to declare to us what will happen</u> so we may know these things well. We cannot hear them because <u>they cannot speak</u> to tell us their earlier predictive declarations, so we cannot reflect on them and know how they were fulfilled.
* **Can you lead light and darkness to their places of work? Can you find the way back to their houses for them? <u>Undoubtedly you know, for you were born then; the number of your days is so large!</u>"** (Job 38:20, 21 ULB)
* Can you lead light and darkness to their places of work? Can you find the way back to their houses for them? <u>You act like you know how light and darkness were created, as if you were there; as if you are as old as creation, but you are not</u>!
* "Present your case," says Yahweh; "present your best arguments for your idols," says the King of Jacob. "<u>Your idols cannot bring us their own arguments or come forward to declare to us what will happen</u> so we may know these things well. We cannot hear them because <u>they cannot speak</u> to tell us their earlier predictive declarations, so we cannot reflect on them and know how they were fulfilled."
1. Translate it in a way that shows the speaker's feelings about the situation.
* **<u>How well you reject</u> the commandment of God so you may keep your tradition!** (Mark 7:9 ULB)
* <u>How dare you reject</u> the commandment of God so you may keep your tradition!