An Aspect of the History of the Japanese Bible Translation : On the Verbal Dependence of the Colloquial Japanese Version on the Revised Standard Version in English
This article examines a mistranslation found in the passage of Matthew 6.17 in The Colloquial Japanese Version of the Bible (in Japanese, the title is "Seisho, Kogo-yaku"). In the original Greek version of the New Testament, the passage mentioned above uses the subject "you" in the singular form ("συ"). In The Colloquial Japanese Version however, the same passage uses the subject "you" in the plural form ("Anatagata"). As The Colloquial Japanese Version was supposed to be translated mainly from the English Version commonly known as the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, I believe this to be the root cause of the mistranslation. In other words, I think the mistranslation has to do with the differing uses of the subject "you" in Greek with that of English. In this article, I attempt to explain how and why such an elementary mistake took place. In hopes of avoiding these types of mistranslations in the future, I propose that there be a closer connection between the American Bible Society with the Japan Bible Society.
雑誌名
長崎外大論叢
雑誌名(英)
The Journal of Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies
聖書和訳史の一断面 -口語訳のRSVへの依存について-
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