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Desde São Jerónimo que a Bíblia Hebraica, ou partes dela, foi traduzida em quase dois mil idiomas e, em algumas línguas, a tradução prolifera em dezenas de versões. Esta realidade permitiu um acesso quase universal ao texto, porém estabelecendo, em muitos casos, uma distância tremenda com a língua original, as suas características e tonalidades e a verdade do seu dizer. Se existe algo de positivo neste movimento recente ele parece situar-se apenas na diversidade dos vários contributos de conhecimento para a compreensão do texto bíblico e do seu significado que ele permitiu. O debate recente obriga a que estes contributos se entendam como porções diferentes de uma verdade indizível; que resultam de diferentes métodos de tradução, que alguns acusam ser responsáveis por mudar o verdadeiro rosto das próprias Escrituras. Este artigo procura rever este debate procurando situar as fragilidades das tentativas literais e das que arriscam oferecer um lugar ao sentido, defendendo que estas duas tentativas, embora opostas, têm trabalhado uma confluência construtiva. Os desafios persistem e são, por vezes insuperáveis, mas o caminho permanece aberto nas perspetivas e as opções atuais.
Since St. Jerome, the Hebrew Bible, or parts of it, has been translated into almost two thousand languages and, in some languages, translation proliferates in dozens of versions. This reality allowed an almost universal access to the text, but in many cases establishing a tremendous distance with the original language, its characteristics and tonalities and the truth of its saying. If there is anything positive about this recent movement, it seems to be situated only in the diversity of the various contributions of knowledge to the understanding of the biblical text and its meaning that it allowed. The recent debate requires these contributions to be understood as different portions of an unspeakable truth; that result from different methods of translation, which some say are responsible for changing the true face of the Scriptures themselves. This article seeks to review this debate in an attempt to situate the weaknesses of literal attempts and those that risk offering a place to meaning, arguing that these two attempts, although opposed, have worked a constructive confluence. The challenges persist and are sometimes insurmountable, but the path remains open in the current perspectives and options.
Since St. Jerome, the Hebrew Bible, or parts of it, has been translated into almost two thousand languages and, in some languages, translation proliferates in dozens of versions. This reality allowed an almost universal access to the text, but in many cases establishing a tremendous distance with the original language, its characteristics and tonalities and the truth of its saying. If there is anything positive about this recent movement, it seems to be situated only in the diversity of the various contributions of knowledge to the understanding of the biblical text and its meaning that it allowed. The recent debate requires these contributions to be understood as different portions of an unspeakable truth; that result from different methods of translation, which some say are responsible for changing the true face of the Scriptures themselves. This article seeks to review this debate in an attempt to situate the weaknesses of literal attempts and those that risk offering a place to meaning, arguing that these two attempts, although opposed, have worked a constructive confluence. The challenges persist and are sometimes insurmountable, but the path remains open in the current perspectives and options.
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Linguagem Língua Estilo Tradução Palavra Literal Idioma Literário Language Stile Translation Word Literal Idiom Literary