Translation commentary on The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men 1:49

If integrated into the book of Daniel: 3.69

In languages where ice is unknown, we may something like “water that hardens because of the cold” or even “water that is very cold.” However, this would make a rather lengthy and not very poetic line. In such cases translators may combine ice and cold as “cold that makes one shiver” or even “terrible cold.”

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on The Shorter Books of the Deuterocanon. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2006. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.

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