[duxuser] Re: Biblical Greek
- From: Sandra McCoy <smccoy67@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser freelists.org <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:26:19 -0800
Laura,
I don't transcribe Biblical Greek, but I translate the Greek New Testament
every day for personal use and I have the World Braille Usage book from the
NLS. I just looked at the modern Greek alphabet and you are right--the letters
for Biblical and modern Greek are the same. What you would have to deal with
are the vowel diphthongs. In the Greek New Testament these appear letter for
letter and you just change the pronunciation as you say the word. In modern
Greek they appear as a contraction. A straight grade 1 translation might be
the way to go with the braille reader reading Greek words the same way as the
sighted person. But you would have to get advice better than mine for that.
Also Biblical Greek has the punctuation marks of comma, period, question mark,
and colon. I could not find the last two for Greek in the World Braille Usage.
I found this strange. I am sure that they must exist in the Braille
translation program.
Sandy
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To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Biblical Greek
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:27:44 -0600
Hello,
Do any of you have experience with Biblical Greek Braille? Duxbury’s language
list shows Modern Greek. It’s my understanding that the difference between
Modern Greek and Biblical Greek is the pronunciation and that they both use the
same alphabet. If this is the case, Duxbury should be able to translate
Biblical Greek, right? I’ve been approached about transcribing a Biblical
Greek grammar textbook for a college student. Thanks!
Laura J. Brauer
Cat's Meow Braille Transcription
P. O. Box 8289
Wichita, KS 67208-0289
(316) 619-4750
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.catsmeowbraille.com
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