diff --git a/translate/figs-rpronouns/01.md b/translate/figs-rpronouns/01.md index 0dacc02..970da25 100644 --- a/translate/figs-rpronouns/01.md +++ b/translate/figs-rpronouns/01.md @@ -4,34 +4,33 @@ All languages have ways of showing that the same person fills two different roles in a sentence. English does this by using **Reflexive pronouns**. These are pronouns that refer to someone or something that has already been mentioned in a sentence. In English the reflexive pronouns are: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves. Other languages may have other ways to show this. -### Reasons this is a translation issue - -* Languages have different ways of showing that the same person fills two different roles in a sentence. For those languages, translators will need to know how to translate the English reflexive pronouns. -* The reflexive pronouns in English also have other functions. - -### Uses of Reflexive Pronouns - +**Uses of Reflexive Pronouns** * To show that the same person or things fills two different roles in a sentence * To emphasize a person or thing in the sentence * To show that someone did something alone * To show that someone or something was alone +### Reasons this is a translation issue + +* Languages have different ways of showing that the same person fills two different roles in a sentence. For those languages, translators will need to know how to translate the English reflexive pronouns. +* The reflexive pronouns in English also have other functions. + ### Examples from the Bible -Reflexive pronouns are used to show the same person or thing fills two different roles in a sentence. +##### The reflexive pronoun shows that the same person or thing fills two different roles in a sentence. >If I should testify about myself, my testimony would not be true. (John 5:31 ULB) >Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country before the Passover in order to purify themselves. (John 11:55 ULB) -Reflexive pronouns are used to emphasize a person or thing in the sentence. +##### The reflexive pronouns emphasizes a person or thing in the sentence. >... Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were ... (John 4:2 ULB) >So they left the crowd, taking Jesus with them, since he was already in the boat. ... And a violent windstorm arose and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was already full. But Jesus himself was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. (Mark 4:36-38 ULB) -Reflexive pronouns are used to show that someone did something alone. +##### The reflexive pronoun shows that someone did something alone. >When Jesus realized that they were about to come and seize him by force to make him king, he withdrew again up the mountain by himself. (John 6:15 ULB) -Reflexive pronouns are used to show that someone or something was alone. +##### The reflexive pronouns shows that someone or something was alone. >He saw the linen cloths lying there and the cloth that had been on his head. It was not lying with the linen cloths but was folded up in a place by itself. (John 20:6-7 ULB) ### Translation Strategies