Useless Translation

Translators who view their work as pure renderings rather than interpretations only delude themselves; indeed, if they could achieve some kind of noninterpretative rendering, their work would be completely useless.

 

Moises Silva. God, Language and Scripture: Reading the Bible in the Light of General Linguistics (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1990), Kindle Locations 1703-1704