#hwa4 #violenceandtranslation Almah turned into virgin. This error resulted in how virgin birth was defined in the Christian Doctrine.

#hwa4 #violenceandtranslation adding music to Yingelishi makes me feel as if I'm really living in Ancient Asia. It sounds like an old song based in folklore. It's very serene and personal.

#hwa4 #violenceandtranslation Translation can be violent when we look back at how the Romans used translation to empower their own empire by taking Greek knowledge and origins without giving credit to the culture or its original meanings, only to benefit themselves

Easily the example with the Romans. They took it and translated it and USED it. They understood that these words contained power. Whether that be in math or in architecture, it helped them become the dynasty they are remembered as today. #hwa4 #violenceandtranslation

The Bible was not allowed to be interpreted or translated except by authority. In the name of God, those in power could manipulate the meanings of the Bible in favor of themselves.
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One mentioned example of violence and translation is medieval Europe's strict measures against translating the Bible, which cemented the Catholic Church's dominance over religious knowledge. In effect, common people could not interpret it, which benefited the Church. #hwa4 #violenceandtranslation

religious translation was dagnerous because it challenged the catholic churches cotnrol over religious knowledge. the beneftied was the catholic chruch and the lost were those who could not decipher the original latin texts #hwa4 #violenceandtranslation

In colonial missionary schools in India, translation pushed English ideas onto local languages. Many cultural meanings were simplified or erased, which helped the colonizers control education and power, while local voices and traditions were lost. #hwa4 #violenceandtranslation

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When the Bible was translated into English from Latin, Rome lost control of explaining the Bible, which shook the Roman authority.

2. In the example regarding the translation of the Bible, translation was a tool of domination since withholding it enabled those in power to restrict text / limit its access. When translations were made available, it gave more freedom to the people being controlled #hwa4 #violenceandtranslation

Translating the Bible from Latin to English could get people executed because translating it could change the meaning, and people could interpret it differently.
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#hwa4 #violenceandtranslation Mercenaries in African countries beating schoolchildren who spoke in their native tongue. Likely, language skills and culture were lost for those African countries. However, mercenaries prob benefitted because now they were easier to control and sway.

#hwa4 #violenceandtranslation the history event of church not wanting to expand the bibles translation further other than Latin so they have better control over the people their enforcing it’s religion to

#hwa4 #violenceandtranslation ancient romans cloaked epistemic theft in their innocent translation of greek knowledge into latin, to bolster and develop institutions of roman knowledge. this effectively helped them reframe this knowledge as their own and probably fueled an imperial hubris

When the Bible was being translated, the Church was opposed to it. They wanted to keep it in Latin because those who were poor could not read it. #hwa4 #violenceandtranslation

#hwa4 #violenceandtranslation, The Catholic Church only wanted to have mass and the Bible be in Latin so they could control what people thought about Christianity because most people didn’t speak Latin.

In ancient Rome, translation was used as a tool of conquest. By translating other cultures into Latin, Rome could control how those cultures were understood. Their original voice and context could be lost, while the Roman Empire gained more cultural power.

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