Current Translation Praxis (and principles) of UBS in Asia-Pacific

Date: 22/04/2006

Time: 2:30-5:00PM

Location: NAB 209, Lam Woo International Conference Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University, 34 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong

Speaker: Dr Daud Soesilo

Translation Seminar Series

Abstract:

  1. Introduction to UBS: ethos and approaches;
  2. Our Context: Asia Pacific;
  3. Translation principles:
    • What distinguishes “Bible Translation” and “other translations (i.e. translation of other materials)”?
    • Current practices of Bible Translation in UBS

About the Speaker:

Dr Daud Soesilo, Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary – Virginia (1988) on Old Testament Studies and visiting scholar at Linguistic Institute, Stanford University (1987). Dr Soesilo has close to 25 years’ experience working in Bible translations in UBS, and at present oversees all the translation projects within Asia Pacific.

Current Translation Praxis (and principles) of UBS in Asia-Pacific
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