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Do you have a feeling that 1) is excellent English? Yes or No?

 
 
Reply Sun 16 Dec, 2012 08:57 pm

1) And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
2) And a great number of people went after him because they saw the signs which he did on those who were ill.
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Sun 16 Dec, 2012 08:59 pm
@oristarA,
No.

What is "excellent" English?
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sun 16 Dec, 2012 09:03 pm
@oristarA,
No.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Sun 16 Dec, 2012 09:49 pm
@oristarA,
PUNKEY wrote:

No.

What is "excellent" English?


ehBeth wrote:

No.


Thanks for replying.
But it is from King James version of Holy Bible.
How dare you two say NO?
farmerman
 
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Reply Sun 16 Dec, 2012 10:07 pm
@oristarA,
KJV is crappy english. Its been "Updated" more times than King Kong
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sun 16 Dec, 2012 10:32 pm
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:

How dare you two say NO?


How dare you question our response.

_____________

Seriously.

If you want to use the KJV as an example of the kind of English you're going to use in translations, your career will be over soon. People laugh enough at Chinese into English translations already. You don't need to add any further dimension to the humour.
oristarA
 
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Reply Sun 16 Dec, 2012 11:08 pm
@ehBeth,

farmerman wrote:

KJV is crappy english. Its been "Updated" more times than King Kong


ehBeth wrote:

oristarA wrote:

How dare you two say NO?


How dare you question our response.

_____________

Seriously.

If you want to use the KJV as an example of the kind of English you're going to use in translations, your career will be over soon. People laugh enough at Chinese into English translations already. You don't need to add any further dimension to the humour.


We've got the same feeling. I felt it was awkward when reading kjv.

But an analysis that is more detailed will be more appreciated.
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RexRed
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Reply Mon 17 Dec, 2012 12:25 am
@oristarA,
Some say Elizabethan English is beautiful and that may be a matter of personal taste. The main reason why the King James Bible is still widely used by most biblical scholars is because so many reference and study books have been written around the KJV text that it is easier to trace the usages and common occurrences of the words. Lexicons, concordances (with exhaustive and analytical numbering systems), interlinear books, companion Bible texts etc... Thus it is easier to follow a certain Elizabethan word back to its original Greek, Aramaic or Hebrew counterparts and also to cross reference where the Greek, Aramaic or Hebrew word was used before and in what context. The other translations simply have not caught up to the KJV in this regard yet... Once you reshuffle the words into a new translation the numerous KJV reference books become useless.
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JTT
 
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Reply Mon 17 Dec, 2012 08:57 pm
@oristarA,
For its time, it almost certainly was, Ori.
oristarA
 
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Reply Mon 17 Dec, 2012 11:40 pm
@JTT,
JTT wrote:

For its time, it almost certainly was, Ori.


Yes I agree.
The game is over now for James.
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RexRed
 
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Reply Tue 18 Dec, 2012 04:15 am
@oristarA,
Thanks for selecting my answer, much appreciated! Smile
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