Portuguese Translation for Translators (PORTFT)

Overview

The Portuguese Translation for Translators (A Bíblia Sagrada, Tradução para Tradutores) is a Brazilian Portuguese New Testament published in 2018, translated by Ellis W. Deibler, Jr. [1] It is a Portuguese rendering of Deibler's English "Translation for Translators" (T4T), a New Testament designed specifically as a source text for Bible translators working in languages that lack Scripture. [2] The T4T uses short sentences, converts abstract nouns into full clauses, supplies both active and passive verb forms, presents rhetorical questions as statements, explains figures of speech non-figuratively, and marks implicit information in italics. [2] Deibler, a retired Wycliffe Bible Translators consultant with over 50 years of translation experience, created the English T4T over eight years using the United Bible Societies' Greek text. [2]

Translators and Contributors

  • Ellis W. Deibler, Jr. — Translator. Joined Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL in 1957. Completed translation projects in the Alekano and Yaweyuha languages in Papua New Guinea. Checked Bible translations and led translation workshops in nineteen countries. [2][3]
  • Martha Deibler — Clarity checking for the English T4T. [2]
  • Willis Ott — Format and exegesis consultant. [2]
  • Andrew Sims — Project management. [2]

Language and People

Portuguese (ISO 639-3: por) is spoken by approximately 221,000,000 people in Portugal and Spain. [Glottolog: port1283]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Michael Paul Johnson.

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