[sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies applied to translation

sword-devel@crosswire.org sword-devel@crosswire.org
Fri, 21 Dec 2001 20:26:50 +1100


> You cant fix a problem that is intrinsic to the design method you suggest.
A
> 'path' might go from say interpretive to literal and back to poetic texts
to
> suit some fool's idea of a good thing. It is easy to do anyway, but dont
> make it any easier please. To put texts together like that and call it a
> version, is to make crossing interpretive traditions on a whim credible.
It
> is not credible. If you are going to be literalist, then stick to
> literalist, poetic, stick to poetry, and so on. Each style has problems as
> you should know, so it is enough to limit the problems to one choosen
style.

Who said anything about mixing styles? The main point is choosing styles.