The Hebrew in Song of Songs 4:3 that is translated as “like halves of a pomegranate” (or: “tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth”) in English is translated in Elhomwe as “glowing” since the simile was not well understood. (Source: project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
Language-specific Insights
lose heart
of everything
The Hebrew in Genesis 14:20 that is translated as “of everything” in English is translated in Elhomwe as aakhilleeye or “of the plunder.” (Source: project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
do you not care
The Greek in Luke 10:40 that is translated as “do you not care” or similar in English is translated in Elhomwe as “do you not feel pity,” the commonly-used expression in that situation. (Source: project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated as findest du es nicht merkwürdig or “don’t you find it strange.”
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
The Greek in 1 Corinthians 1:20 that is translated as “Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” or similar in English is translated in Huixtán Tzotzil as “God has already shown that in vain speak those here in this world who mistakenly think they are wise.” Huixtán Tzotzil frequently uses the verb -cuy to express “to mistakenly think something” from the point of view of the speaker. (Source: Marion M. Cowan in Notes on Translation 20/1966, pp. 6ff.)
In Elhomwe “wisdom of this world” is translated as “wisdom of the people of this world.” (Source: project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
locked garden
The Hebrew in Song of Songs 4:12 that is translated as “locked garden” in English is translated in Elhomwe as “fenced garden” because of naturalness and clarity. (Source: project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
listen
The Greek in Luke 18:6 that is translated as “listen” in English in this verse is translated in Elhomwe idiomatically as “think about” since “listen” can also be used in the sense of “obey” and the translators wanted to avoid misunderstandings. (Source: project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
See also Listen!.