- EP: "..the worst translations are those that try to be literal"
- Interviewer: "Wasn't it Luther who said, "Literalists are lemmings'"?
- EP: "That's right... We're translating all the time. Preachers translate Scripture every
time they preach. Reading is a type of translating. I have come to
believe that people who call for "literal" translations prefer
unthinking to thinking. "
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Monday, September 03, 2012
language, literalists and lemmings
Eugene Peterson in conversation, see video from 13:58ff (same great interview with the "Who's Bono?" line, section right before this). Context is "translation is betrayal":
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