[jsword-devel] Confused again

[Troy A. Griffitts]

The translation is actually correct.  In a literal translation, unless 
the words are marked <transChange type="supplied"> in osis (or 
italicized in GBF as a general rule), all previous words are assumed 
translated from the original language word.  Therefore, all words MUST 
either be surrounded by a <w> tag or a <transChange> tag.  Hope that helps.

	-Troy.



Jacky Cheung wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am confused by specification again. I have compared GBF and OSIS data 
> of Gen 1:1. Here is the data:
> GBF:
> In the beginning<WH07225> God<WH0430> created<WH01254><WTH8804><WH0853> 
> the heaven<WH08064> and<WH0850> the earth<WH0776>.
> 
> OSIS:
> <verse osisID="Gen.1.1"> <w lemma="x-Strongs:H07225">In the 
> beginning</w> <w lemma="x-Strongs:H0430">God</w> <w 
> morph="x-StrongsMorph:TH8804" 
> lemma="x-Strongs:H0853|x-Strongs:H01254">created</w> <w 
> lemma="x-Strongs:H08064">the heaven</w> <w 
> lemma="x-Strongs:H0853">and</w> <w lemma="x-Strongs:H0776">the 
> earth</w>.</verse>
> 
>  From OSIS, it seems that H07225 refers to "In the beginning". However, 
> from the specification of GBF, it is the "Ordinal number of Hebrew 
> lexicon entry for previous word", and therefore, "beginning". According 
> to BDB and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, H07225 should refer to 
> "beginning". It seems that the transaction to OSIS is wrong. However, 
> the translation was done by the program from www.bibletechnologies.com.
> 
> Did I misunderstand something? What's the correct translation?  Thanks.
> 
> Jacky
> 
> 
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