Genesis 1:1-3 in Selected Akan Mother-tongues: A Grammatico-syntactic Analysis
The translation of the Bible message from the original language to a receptor language has been challenging due to the lack of equivalent words in the receptor language to convey the exact meaning of the original language. This can sometimes distort the original meaning and create ambiguity in the r...
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| description | The translation of the Bible message from the original language to a receptor language has been challenging due to the lack of equivalent words in the receptor language to convey the exact meaning of the original language. This can sometimes distort the original meaning and create ambiguity in the receptor community. In some Akan dialects such as Asante-Twi, Akuapim-Twi, and Bono-Twi, the translation of Genesis 1:1-3 presents recognizable translational challenges when compared with the Masoretic Text. For instance, all the selected Akan dialects translated the Hebrew word bereshit, “In the beginning,” as independent in relation to other parts of the first sentence. However, this paper argued that rendering bereshit, with no indication of the temporal dependent relationship function of the clause within the sentence thus without any circumstantial sense, limits the meaning of the sentence and is inconsistent with the source text. Employing grammatical and syntactical analysis, the paper identified some translational inconsistencies in the selected Akan mother-tongue Bibles and accordingly proposed alternative renderings for readers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0fb7116615d74dbd8603a949b88e2b5d2025-01-17T13:00:45ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences2720-77222024-12-0151631213131https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.202451634Genesis 1:1-3 in Selected Akan Mother-tongues: A Grammatico-syntactic AnalysisAlfred Korankye0https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1482-5507 Emmanuel Twumasi-Ankrah1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6305-2954Isaac Boaheng2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8624-3035Queens College, CanadaChristian Service University, Ghana. Senior Lecturer in Christian Theology and Ethics, Christian Service University, Ghana; Research Fellow University of the Free State, South Africa.The translation of the Bible message from the original language to a receptor language has been challenging due to the lack of equivalent words in the receptor language to convey the exact meaning of the original language. This can sometimes distort the original meaning and create ambiguity in the receptor community. In some Akan dialects such as Asante-Twi, Akuapim-Twi, and Bono-Twi, the translation of Genesis 1:1-3 presents recognizable translational challenges when compared with the Masoretic Text. For instance, all the selected Akan dialects translated the Hebrew word bereshit, “In the beginning,” as independent in relation to other parts of the first sentence. However, this paper argued that rendering bereshit, with no indication of the temporal dependent relationship function of the clause within the sentence thus without any circumstantial sense, limits the meaning of the sentence and is inconsistent with the source text. Employing grammatical and syntactical analysis, the paper identified some translational inconsistencies in the selected Akan mother-tongue Bibles and accordingly proposed alternative renderings for readers.https://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EHASS202451634.pdfakangenesis 1:1-3mother-tonguereceptortranslationtwi |
| spellingShingle | Alfred Korankye Emmanuel Twumasi-Ankrah Isaac Boaheng Genesis 1:1-3 in Selected Akan Mother-tongues: A Grammatico-syntactic Analysis E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences akan genesis 1:1-3 mother-tongue receptor translation twi |
| title | Genesis 1:1-3 in Selected Akan Mother-tongues: A Grammatico-syntactic Analysis |
| title_full | Genesis 1:1-3 in Selected Akan Mother-tongues: A Grammatico-syntactic Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Genesis 1:1-3 in Selected Akan Mother-tongues: A Grammatico-syntactic Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genesis 1:1-3 in Selected Akan Mother-tongues: A Grammatico-syntactic Analysis |
| title_short | Genesis 1:1-3 in Selected Akan Mother-tongues: A Grammatico-syntactic Analysis |
| title_sort | genesis 1 1 3 in selected akan mother tongues a grammatico syntactic analysis |
| topic | akan genesis 1:1-3 mother-tongue receptor translation twi |
| url | https://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EHASS202451634.pdf |
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