Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2023 16 (4)

Authors

Razumovskaya, Veronica A.; Valkova, Yulia E.; Koptseva, Natalia P.

Contact information

Razumovskaya, Veronica A.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Valkova, Yulia E.: Financial University under the Government of RF Moscow, Russian Federation; Koptseva, Natalia P.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation;

Keywords

peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East; the Bible translation culture

Abstract

The article is focused on the problem of the Bible translation into the languages of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East. The purpose of the study is to highlight the current Bible translation into the languages of the peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East. The authors stress the importance of the Bible as a source of cultural heritage and a means of support and maintaining of the dying or minority languages through its translations. The history of the Bible translation as a whole and more narrowly – on the materials of the Russian Institute for Bible Translation is given in the article, with the corresponding description of the problems which the translators face. The main difficulties as regards the translation of the Bible into the languages of ethnic minorities are complex grammar structures, absence of full equivalents of culture-specific languages in the target languages, and the insufficient fluency of the recipients of the texts in their native languages. The translation process involves consulting with the international array of specialists in these languages and the approbation by the native speakers

Pages

662–676

EDN

VHSOAV

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/150066

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