modern translation
Updated language version
A modern translation is a rendering of an older text into contemporary language, making it accessible to current readers.
The term usually applies to religious scriptures or literary classics: a modern translation of the Bible, a modern translation of Beowulf.
Modern translations prioritize clarity and readability over literal fidelity to archaic phrasing.
- paraphraseRestatement in new words
- dynamic equivalenceTranslation preserving effect, not form
- CAT toolsSoftware assisting human translators
- idiomatic expressionsPhrases with non-literal meanings
- transcreationCulturally adaptive translation process
plain English · localization · word for word · machine learning · neural networks · readable · Old Testament · target language · target audience · accessible · fluent · regional dialects · AI · updated · Google · Google Translate · confidentiality agreements · subtitle
- translated bookstranslated novels, translations, translated works, translated classics, literary translations
- translationtranslator, interpreting, interpreter, translators, interpreters
- Bible translationRSV, revision, Hebrew text, Greek text, Hebrew texts
- Quran translationsIrving, Palmer, Ross, Sale, Elias
modern translationoriginal text
First unedited version
source text · original language · urtext · source document · autograph
modern translationliteral translation
Exact rendering across languages
word-for-word translation · gloss · calque · transliteration