Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Nehemiah 9:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 9:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “But your great compassion made you not to abandon them in the wilderness. You guided them with a pillar of cloud during day, and led them by a pillar of fire during the night so that they would know the way.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But because of your (sing.) great mercy to them, you (sing.) did- not -abandon them in the desolate-place. You (sing.) did- not -remove the thick cloud that leads them by day, and also the blazing fire that gives light to where- they -walk by night.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because of your (sing.) large mercy/kindness, you (sing.) did not leave/abandon them in the place with no inhabitants. You (sing.) did not remove the cloud and fire that were like a post that led them in the daytime and night.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Because you always act mercifully, you did not abandon them when they were in the desert. The bright cloud which was like a huge pillar continued to lead them during the daytime, and the fiery cloud showed them where to walk at night.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 1:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 1:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do not accept when/if (they) say that, ‘When we do like that we shall plunder all the good things from those people so that we may fill up our houses.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “And by plundering their valuable goods
    we will fill our treasuries.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “We (incl.) can-get from them expensive/valuable things, and let- us (incl.) -fill our (incl.) houses with our (incl.) plunder/take-by-force.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “We will take their valuable possessions so that we will fill our houses with what-is-stolen.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 2:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 2:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “Wisdom will guard/protect you from matters of evil and will save/rescue you from the evil men who love lies.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “These [understanding and insight]
    will keep you far away from evil doers.
    and [deliver us from] those
    who abandon the good path
    to go down the dark path,
    and [deliver us from] those
    who keep on rejoicing
    in false and evil work,
    and deliver [us] from untrustworthy liars.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “and can-keep- you (sing.) -away from the bad/evil ways and from the people who speak wrong.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They rescue you (sing.) from doing evil. You will also be rescued from the person who speaks-evil-of his companion.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 3:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 3:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “If you do like that, you will receive life and be honored.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They will give you a pleasant life.
    and will be an ornament for your neck.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “For this can-give you (sing.) a long and beautiful life.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They will give you (sing.) long life and are-like jewelry that cause- you (sing.) -to-be-lovely.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 4:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 4:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “But the life of sinners is deeply dark, they do not know the obstacle/stumbling block they are going to get/meet/find.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The way of the wicked is like the dark moon,
    They don’t even know what makes them stumble.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But the way-of-living of the wicked-ones is like darkness, and they do- not -know what is the reason of their destruction.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But the path of the habitually-sinful is dark like night and they do not know their cause-of-stumbling.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 6:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 6:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “My child, if you have accepted to be surety of (stand for) someone, or you have promised that you will pay for him (a) debt that he has,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O my son! If you have guaranteed
    a loan for anyone,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Child, if you (sing.) promised that you (sing.) will-pay the debt/loan of others,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “My child, is there a debt of another person that you (sing.)-have-taken-responsibility-for (lit. stood-for)?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 6:33)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 6:33:

  • Kupsabiny: “He will be boxed/beaten ashamed and his name spoiled forever.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He will have to be beaten
    and he will be dishonored.
    He will have to live forever being ashamed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He will-be-beaten, and he will-be-put-to-shame forever/[lit. until whenever].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Sickness of the body and being-shamed that cannot be-wiped-away is what he will gain/acquire.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 8:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 8:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “It calls from near the door by which one enters the city saying that,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “staying at the city gates
    she has been speaking –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “at the entrance/gates of the city, and on the ways/paths. And he preaches loudly,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It is also standing at the location of the door/gate that is the path-used by all who enter the city and it says shouting,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)