Berger, Klaus & Christiane Nord (translators and commentators). Das Neue Testament und frühchristliche Schriften: Vollständige Sammlung aller ältesten Schriften des Urchristentums. Frankfurt: Insel, 1999.
Translation approach: functional translation approach
Translation by committee or single individual: team of one New Testament theologian (Klaus Berger) and one translation scholar (Christiane Nord)
Dates of publication: 1999
Publisher: Insel Verlag, Frankfurt
Translator statement: Christiane Nord, Functions in Bible Translation (Part 1 of 3)
The Greek that is typically translated in English as “was God” is translated in Sayula Popoluca as “was (and still is) the same as God.” (Source: M. Larson / B. Moore in Notes on Translation February, 1970, p. 1-125.)
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated as von Gottes Art or “of God’s kind.”
The Greek in Revelation 14:20 that is translated as “blood” in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as Traubenblut or “blood of the grapes.”
The Greek in 2 Corinthians 7:11 that is translated as “what eagerness to clear yourselves” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with “how eager you were to apologize to me.”
The Greek that is translated as “our daily bread” or similar in most English versions was translated in the Catholic English Douay-Rheims version (publ. 1582) as “our supersubstantial bread.”
In the Kölsch translation (Boch 2017) it is translated as wat mer Minsche zum Levve bruche or “what us humans need for sustenance.” (Source: Jost Zetzsche)
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated as das Brot für den kommenenden Tag or “the breads for the day ahead.”
In French, the phrase pain quotidien (“daily bread”) is used as an idiom for daily necessities or daily-occurring events or experiences. (Source: Muller 1991, p. 18)
The Greek that is translated as “elements” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Bestandteile der Welt or “components (or: “elements”) of the world.”
The Greek in Acts 28:11 that is translated as “with the Twin Brothers as its figurehead” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with am Bug mit den Bildern der Dioskuren Castor und Pollux geschmückt or “decorated on the bow with the images of the Dioskouri Castor and Pollux.”
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The Greek in Galatians 1:17 that is translated as “into Arabia” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with “into an area called Arabia, south of Damascus.”
The Greek term that was translated by the Latin Vulgate translation as Calvariæ or “skulls” was transliterated from that Latin translation in many European languages, including in the English King James and Douay-Rheims versions, as well as some early translations into French (Calvaire), Portuguese (Caveira), or Spanish (Calavera).
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) the Greek Κρανίον is transliterated instead: Kranion.
In French, calvaire has also become idiomatic for “ordeal,” “misery,” or “martyrdom.” (Source: Muller 1991, p. 82)
See also Golgotha.