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 in Acts 2:1 that is translated as “were all together” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with “all the apostles and the female disciples were sitting together with Mary and the male relatives of Jesus.”
See together with certain women and his brothers.
The Greek in Acts 20:26 that is translated as “I am not responsible for the blood of any of you” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with mich trifft keine Blutschuld or “I have not blood guilt.”
See also blood guilt.
The Greek that is translated as “elder” in most English versions (“presbyter” in The Orthodox New Testament, 2000) is translated as “Old-Man Leader” in Eastern Highland Otomi (source: John Beekman in Notes on Translation November 1964, p. 1-22) and in Bacama as mi kpan-kpani vɨnə hiutə: “big/old person of house of prayer” (source: David Frank in this blog post ).
Other translations include:
The German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) chooses for the occurrences in Revelation the translation of Würdenträger or “dignitary.” Elsewhere (for instance in 1 Peter 5:1) it has “elders, your congregational leadership.”
See also elder (of the community).
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 in English as “brother” or “brother and sister” (in the sense of fellow believers), is translated with a specifically coined word in Kachin: “There are two terms for brother in Kachin. One is used to refer to a Christian brother. This term combines ‘older and younger brother.’ The other term is used specifically for addressing siblings. When one uses this term, one must specify if the older or younger person is involved. A parallel system exists for ‘sister’ as well. In [these verses], the term for ‘a Christian brother’ is used.” (Source: Gam Seng Shae)
In Matumbi is is translated as alongo aumini or “relative-believer” (source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific notes in Paratext), in Martu Wangka as “relative” (this is also the term that is used for “follower”) (source: Carl Gross), and in Mairasi as “in-law” (source: Enggavoter 2004).
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is often translated as Mitchristen or “fellow Christians.” The German translation by Roland Werner (publ. 2009-2022) alternates between “brothers and sisters,” “sisters and brothers,” and “siblings” (Geschwister).
See also brothers.