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Acknowledgements Preface Introduction
Lesson 1: Why Translate the Bible? Lesson 2: How We Understand Meaning Lesson 3: How We Know When We Have Understood Lesson 4: Processing Effort, Benefits, and Relevance Lesson 5: How We Select Context Lesson 6: Communicating with Concepts Lesson 7: Filling Out What Is Said Lesson 8: Leaving Parts of Sentences Implicit Lesson 9: Drawing the Intended Implications Lesson 10: Stronger and Weaker Guidance to Implications Lesson 11: Describing or Retelling Lesson 12: Genre and Translation Lesson 13: Appropriate Scripture Products Lesson 14: Understanding a Biblical Passage Lesson 15: Identifying Mismatches in Secondary Communication Lesson 16: Cultural Research Lesson 17: Expressing Concepts in Another Language Lesson 18: Adjusting Contextual Mismatches Lesson 19: Translating Metaphors and More Lesson 20: How We Connect Thoughts Lesson 21: Crafting Bible Stories Lesson 22: Different Contributions to Relevance in a Text Lesson 23: Communicating Additional Layers of Meaning Lesson 24: Special Issues: Names, Weights, Measures, and Money Lesson 25: From Draft to Publication Lesson 26: Translation Programs
Appendix 1. Glossary Appendix 2. How to Make a Back-Translation Appendix 3. Generating a First Draft: A Summary Appendix 4. Topical Indexes
