The Greek in 2 Timothy 3:2 that is translated as “ungrateful” in English is translated in the Protestant Mandarin Chinese Union Version with a historical Chinese idiom: wàng ēn fù yì (忘恩負義 / 忘恩负义) or “ingratitude (lit. “ungrateful and unfaithful”).” (Source: Toshikazu S. Foley in Hong Kong Journal of Catholic Studies, 2011, p. 45ff.)
Likewise, in Wisdom 14:26, “forgetfulness of favors” is translated in the Catholic Mandarin Chinese Sigao version with the same idiom.
The Greek that is translated as “licentiousness” and “impurity” or similar in English is translated in Bariai as “following behavior like dogs” (source: Bariai Back Translation) and in Jamaican Creole as “sleep around” (sliip roun sliip roun).
In Ephesians 4:19 this is translated in the Catholic Mandarin Chinese Sigao version with a historical Chinese idiom: zòngqíng zìyù (縱情恣慾 / 纵情恣欲) or “follow desires.” (Source: Toshikazu S. Foley in Hong Kong Journal of Catholic Studies, 2011, p. 45ff.)
See also sexual promiscuity and adultery.
The Greek and Hebrew that is translated in these verses as “tossing,” “waver,” or “rolling about” in English is translated in the Protestant Mandarin Chinese Union Version with a historical Chinese idiom: fān lái fù qù (翻來覆去 / 翻来覆去) or “tossing and turning (lit. “turn over and back”).” (Source: Toshikazu S. Foley in Hong Kong Journal of Catholic Studies, 2011, p. 45ff.)
See also rolled about.
The Greek in Mark 3:5 that is translated as “looked around at them with anger” in English is translated in the Protestant Mandarin Chinese Union Version with a historical Chinese idiom: nùmù huánshì (怒目環視 / 怒目环视) or “glaring around (lit. “angry eyes look around) .” (Source: Toshikazu S. Foley in Hong Kong Journal of Catholic Studies, 2011, p. 45ff.)
The Greek that is translated as “had to bear” or similar in English is translated in the Catholic Mandarin Chinese Sigao version with a historical Chinese idiom: bùkān fùhè (不堪負荷 / 不堪负荷), lit. “unbearable load.” (Source: Toshikazu S. Foley in Hong Kong Journal of Catholic Studies, 2011, p. 45ff.)
The Greek that is translated as “double-minded” in English is translated in Owa as “double-hearted” (doubt; first one thought, then the opposite) (source: Carl Gross) and in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with zwei gegensätzliche Seelen in der Brust haben or “having two opposed souls in one’s chest” (in James 1:8).
In the Catholic Mandarin Chinese Sigao version and the Protestant Union Version it is translated with two forms of one historical Chinese idiom: sānxīn liǎngyì (三心兩意 / 三心两意) and sānxīn èryì (三心二意), both: “three hearts, two minds.” (Source: Toshikazu S. Foley in Hong Kong Journal of Catholic Studies, 2011, p. 45ff.)
See also double-minded.
The Greek that is translated as “has seen and heard” in English is translated in the Catholic Mandarin Chinese Sigao version with a historical Chinese idiom: suǒjiàn suǒwén (所見所聞 / 所见所闻) or “what I saw and heard (lit. “all seen, all heard”).”
Note that the Protestant Union Version also uses it in John 3:32. (Source: Toshikazu S. Foley in Hong Kong Journal of Catholic Studies, 2011, p. 45ff.)
The Greek that is translated as “was lost and found again” or similar in English is translated in these verses in the Catholic Mandarin Chinese Sigao version and the Protestant Union Version with a historical Chinese idiom: shī ér fùdé (失而復得 / 失而复得) or “lost and regained again.” (Source: Toshikazu S. Foley in Hong Kong Journal of Catholic Studies, 2011, p. 45ff.)