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Translating as Drawing a Mountain Ridge
1 minuteTranslation is like drawing, or painting, a mountain ridge. The contours won’t match up perfectly, try as the artist might to reproduce the intricate ups and downs with exactitude. In the end, you’ll be left with your interpretation, having flattened out some bits, having elevated others. But as you approach the mountain, the contours fade […]
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Nice To Meet You
1 minuteOur mission with Wycliffe Bible Translators is to serve with the global body of Christ to advance Bible translation and work together so people can encounter God through his Word.
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Pitch Class, Tonal Counterparts, and Camelot Key Equivalents
1 minuteThe tables below show the tonal and Camelot key (alphanumeric) counterparts to pitch classes for major and minor keys. Major key Pitch class Tonal counterparts Camelot Key 0 C (also B♯) 8B 1 C♯, D♭ 3B 2 D 10B 3 D♯, E♭ 5B 4 E 12B 5 F 7B 6 F♯, G♭ 2B 7 G […]
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Across the Whole
1 minuteOver the weekend I took in the latest episode of the OnScript podcast, a podcast dedicated to presenting “conversations on current biblical scholarship.” Featured in this episode is British Eastern Orthodox priest and theologian John Behr who has translated several works by Early Church Fathers such as Origen and Irenaeus. I appreciated his comments on […]