Re: Not quite your father's Babel text - UPDATE!!!

I just assumed that since it is a text that exists in multiple languages
already, it would be understood as such.

I can always retract the statement if people find it too confusing.  (I'm not
wedded to the bound phrase "Babel text" - technically this is a religious
text that could also exist natively in the relevant conculture's culture, and
in the conhistory is actually the result of a missionary's tireless efforts,
which are respected, though completely without effect.)

Thanks

Wesley Parish

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:30, Jeffrey Henning wrote:
> So am I to take it from the subject line that the old definition of Babel
> text...
>
> 1. A translation of Genesis 11:1-9, the story of the breaking of the Tower
> of Babel, into a language for purposes of comparison to other language.
>
> ...has been expanded to include...
>
> 2. Any source text intended to be translated into multiple languages.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jeffrey
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