translationCore tN Checks

[jag3773]

We’ve posted a translationNotes tC checks zip file that shows the English data behind the translationCore tN tool checks. These are tab delimited files that you can use for manually checking a translation. You should be able to open each one in a spreadsheet program.

The files are organized by the type of check, so all the simile’s should be in the same file, for the whole Bible. The checks are organized by canonical book order, so you can easily scroll to the NT books if that is all you need for your immediate checking.

Please post questions, comments and any other feedback you have from using these here.

[jag3773]

A few questions have come in about these files that I want to clarify here for others…

What does “AT” stand for?

“AT” is short for alternate translation. It means, “or, you could translate it like this.” Note that we will be expanding this in the text itself in our next release of translationNotes.

On verses with multiple types of checks, does the same “reference” value apply to each of the 2 to 3 “notes” included in those records? For example:

PSA 72 1 General Information: writing-poetry Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) figs-123person Possible meanings for the header "a psalm of Solomon" are 1) David wrote this psalm about Solomon ("the king's son") or 2) Solomon (who, as David's son, was "the king's son") wrote this psalm as a prayer about himself or 3) another king wrote it about his son in the style of Solomon. People in those days would often speak of themselves as if they were someone else. However, it would be best to translate this as though the psalmist is speaking of someone else, not of himself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])

These notes normally apply to the whole verse. In these cases “General Information:” will be in the place where the reference normally is, to indicate that there may not be a specific phrase in the verse that the comments relate to. If there are specific references in the verse that the note refers to then those will be quoted in the comment, as in the example above (“a psalm of Solomon”).

A similar situation happens in Acts 1:17, for example:

ACT 1 17 General Information: writing-background In verses 18-19 the author tells the reader background information about how Judas died and what people called the field where he died. This is not part of Peter's speech. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]]) figs-exclusive Although Peter is addressing the entire group of people, here the word "us" refers only to the apostles. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])

Are both the writing-background and figs-exclusive “General Information:”?

Yes, they are, but note that the comment does quote “us” from verse 17, indicating a specific word that it relates to.

A further example comes from Job 38:28:

JOB 38 28 General Information: figs-rquestion Yahweh uses four questions to emphasize to Job that he makes rain, dew, ice, and frost and Job does not. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]) figs-parallelism Each of the two lines in these three verses mean similar things. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) figs-personification Rain, dew, ice, and frost are spoken of as though they could be born like people are. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

Are the figs-rquestion check, the figs-parallelism check and the figs-personification check all “General Information:”?

Yes. In this case these are three types of figures of speech that are employed in Job 38:28-30.

[jag3773]

Someone has also turned the tsv files into HTML pages with checkboxes, which may help you track your progress. Note that the checkmark status does not persist after you close the file though!

en_tn_v12-tc-NT_Checks-html.zip (540.9 KB)
en_tn_v12-tc-OT_Checks-html.zip (1.4 MB)