performance criticism and its implications for bible translation

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1、1PerformanceCriticismandItsImplicationsforBibleTranslationPartII:ChallengesandExperiencesJamesMaxeyTheauthoristhedirectorofprogramministriesforLutheranBibleTranslatorsIntroduction2Inpartoneofthisarticle,Iexploredtheinteractionoforalityandliteracyduringthe

2、eraofNTcompositionintheMediterraneanregions.NTstudieshavesignificantlyunderplayedtheimportanceofthiscommunicativecontextintheirresearch.Oralitystudieshavesomewhataddressedthislacunae;however,amoreholistic–embodied–approachofsuchperformanceeventsasfoundint

3、heNTisbeingmadeinfreshwayswithPerformanceCriticism.TheaimofparttwoofthisarticleistoexaminehowissuesraisedbyPerformanceCriticismaffectBibletranslation–boththeoreticallyandinpractice.Themajorityofresearchontranslationinregardtooralperformancefocusesonissues

4、of3orality.Thesecontributionsarefoundationalbutpreliminaryforperformance.Manyofthesestudiesonoralitypresupposeelectronicmediaforrecordingandtransmissioninatwenty-firstcenturysetting.WhereasPerformanceCriticismmaycontributetotranslationinvolvingsuchmultime

5、dia,theprimaryscenarioinviewforPerformanceCriticismistheliveperformerinthepresenceofaparticipatoryaudience.Ashasbeenrecognizedbytranslationagencies,the4assumedmediumcannolongerbeprint,butofteninvolvesnon-printmedia.Yetthismostnoticeablechangeofmediumpresu

6、pposesareexaminationofthemethodsandtheoriesfortranslation.Thissectionbeginswithareviewoftheconsiderablecontributionofseveralbiblical1Thisessayisacondensedsynthesisofseveralchaptersfrommydissertation,“BibleTranslationasContextualization:TheRoleofOralPerfor

7、manceinNewTestamentandAfricanContexts.”EarlierversionsofthispaperwerepresentedattheSNTSsectionofOralCulture,NewTestament,andBibleTranslationinSibiu,RomaniainAugust2007andSBL2007inthesectionBibleinAncientandModernMedia.2“PerformanceCriticismandItsImplicati

8、onsforBibleTranslation:PartI:OralPerformanceandNewTestamentStudies,”TheBibleTranslator60(2009):37-49.3Severalothersinvolvedinbiblicaltranslationhaverecognizedthevalueoforalitystudies:GosnellYorke,“GraceandPeaceinthe