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      Colonial interference in the translations of the Bible into Southern Sotho

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          Bible translation in South Africa was initially conceptualised and executed by either missionary societies or Bible societies. This paper aims to investigate the nature of the translators' encounters and negotiations between the source text culture and the culture of the target audience. For purposes of this study, the translation of cultural terms of two translations of the Bible into Southern Sotho will be considered. The first translation to be discussed was published in 1909 by the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society representing colonial empowerment of the dominated target culture by the hegemonic culture of the translators. The second translation discussed was published in 1989 by the Bible Society of South Africa. It represents a process of indigenisation of the source text culture.

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                Acta Theologica
                Acta theol.
                University of the Free State (Bloemfontein )
                2309-9089
                2009
                : 29
                : suppl 12
                : 79-94
                Affiliations
                [1 ] University of the Free State South Africa
                Article
                S1015-87582009000300008
                ddef48d0-c834-4960-87f5-a74de644d876

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                SciELO South Africa

                Self URI (journal page): http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1015-8758&lng=en
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                Religion

                General religious studies
                Colonial interferences,Southern Sotho Bible translations,Indigenisation,Sesotho,Koloniale interferensies,Suid-Sotho Bybelvertalings,Verinheemsing

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