diff --git a/translate/writing-connectingwords/01.md b/translate/writing-connectingwords/01.md index 0f9e49c..bfd49a9 100644 --- a/translate/writing-connectingwords/01.md +++ b/translate/writing-connectingwords/01.md @@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ If the way the relationship between thoughts is shown in the ULB would be natura * Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of men." So immediately they left the nets and went after him. 1. Do not use a connecting word if it would be odd to use one and people would understand the right relationship between the thoughts without it. - * **Therefore whoever breaks the least one of these commandments and teaches others to do so, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever keeps them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.** (Matthew 5:19 ULB) - Some languages would prefer not to use connecting words here, because the meaning is clear without them and using them would be unnatural. They might translate like this: @@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ Some languages might not need the words "but" or "then" here. * I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who had become apostles before me. Instead I went to Arabia and then returned to Damascus. After three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days. 1. Use a different connecting word. - * **Therefore whoever breaks the least one of these commandments and teaches others to do so, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever keeps them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.** (Matthew 5:19 ULB) Instead of a word like "therefore," a language might need a phrase to indicate that there was a section before it that gave the reason for the section that follows. Also, the word "but" is used here because of the contrast between the two groups of people. But in some languages, the word "but" would show that what comes after it is surprising because of what came before it. So "and" might be clearer for those languages. * Because of that, whoever breaks the least one of these commandments and teaches others to do so, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever keeps them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.