Translation in Antiquity

Question 1

Would you meet another person speaking another language in the ancient world?

Answer 1

Rarely

Question 2

What was the purpose of travel in antiquity?

Answer 2

Military or diplomatic purposes

Question 3

What were the main 4 languages spoken in the time of Jesus in Judea?

Answer 3

Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin

Question 4

Cicero

Answer 4

Introduces his own translations of the speeches of Attics, Aeschines, and Demosthenes

Question 5

How did Cicero translate?

Answer 5

Kept the ideas, not a word for word translation

Question 6

Literal translation

Answer 6

Word for word, reader brought to text

Question 7

Free translation

Answer 7

Thought to thought, text brought to reader

Question 8

What languages did Cicero translate?

Answer 8

Greek to Latin

Question 9

Translating the Bible

Answer 9

There are no subordinate clauses so it sounds strange to translate it word for word

Question 10

King James Bible translation style

Answer 10

literal

Question 11

Did Bible writers use a big vocabulary?

Answer 11

No

Question 12

What is necessary in translation?

Answer 12

Respect original language but make it understandable

Question 13

Jerome

Answer 13

Best known translator of the Bible

Question 14

Pedantic translator

Answer 14

Does word for word translation

Question 15

How did ancient translators translate?

Answer 15

Freely

Question 16

Metaphor translation

Answer 16

Can do literal words, literal meaning, or similar expression