Caveat lector
Imbelli, Robert
CAVEAT LECTOR TRANSLATION PITFALLS , WHEN tm Vatican too* severe; measures against die Brazilian liberation theologian, Leonardo Boff, «* heard a plea which is raised repeatedly during such...
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...Jice, reproduced in the United Sutes |dition...
...Sprange structure is provided by what is...
...S Illumination is forthcoming as soon - >j|s one consults the Portuguese edition...
...This information is of great moment to...
...Rome, it Is said, should restrain its interventions on theological issues and generally leave such questions to be settled in the circles competent to engage in theological critique and dialogue...
...Ckarim md Power (Crossroad, 1984) for the Winter 1985 issue of die quarterly journal Church, published by the National...
...stittMicial 4wlta^^' cspeciany in *::tiiiil^W;::ctini#":^ite^iB^* is tiiat "the antagonism is not between institution a«4 comaauiit^bw b«&m0 crktaniiade m& & church which has made an option for thejSor and stands ' •: One last exampjt of tow th|-* translation served Ss^^Jori^m^r |^, fottnd <» .paie.^, >?*^e- * ^fteoftt . reads: '4Apos^icsu«i|^onisiiOtIi# itisi to «tew<#^«^^,w...
...Pastoral life Center in New York...
...This question occurred to me while I was, in fact, preparing a review of Father Beff s Church...
...I was dismayed to discover that if Father Bolf s book had been roughly treated by the Congregation for the Doctrine^, die Faith, it bad received equally distressing treatment at the hands of its translator, editor, and publisher...
...ifeie discovers that the entire first paragraph of die author's preface has simply been omitted from the U.S...
...Apostolic sucT c&ssksa, hQwever, canB|Ot be reduced «| the hierarchic^ ii|lil6ns/ bec'ause ¦' such x«diici^)^^^^dW^toi...
...46, as saying: "Politics is die best way — if not die only way — of living out one's Christiancommitment, in service to others...
...No illumination of the book's...
...Throughout the text, parn'cu- < - lar references to the church in Latin' America or to the specific religious Situation in Brazil are excised and are given a speciously universal character, - 'becoming simply "the church" or "the jeligions...
...measures against die Brazilian liberation theologian, Leonardo Boff, «* heard a plea which is raised repeatedly during such controversies...
...If' reads in my rendition...
...Hides over the book's opening and evokes the "controversy" surrounding, '..it...
...In the interests of winning a wider audience, concerns about specific Contois and perspectives, Z^a^m^i^Skj^ liberation theolo^*sgl^ ^Peogai, have been rendered ^^^^^^ ^rnldTn^ht'ul'^n'heTas I November 1985: 615...
...aad ftaMcai "C^^«^^f#;«^-« * "i...
...I Iresented as the author's original pref...
...The deleted paragraph speaks of "this "collection of studies and viewpoints," * some of which had been previously' published in different reviews, others ¦ of which were previously unpublished...
...m^.$&$&*"*bk«M reaches six pajgiil and contains not a single footnote,cNo explanation for luch imbalanceisforthcoming from the ''Editor's No^^ which solemnly pre...
...Editorial "creativity" does not end there...
...CMiie again fee trans* lator does Boff considerable disservice...
...The barest familiarity with the writings of this most nuanced of popes makes the likelihood of so blatant an assertion Commonweal: 614 English tnmslation, published by t& taat statemeut read»:'fPolitics are a i-'eim'e0tjate w ^ feei f...
...t@^W$$M to understand the : book's genesis and literary form...
...indication is giiveh^sil^lJniM Stat^i edition, that we h^ffe here aaythinf other than a book conceived and coiBg'' posed i$ % single \*ali by its authtf p Y«t an enc«al«f'«4^Ae^«Ktt/s^i gives fi^ m ^«^petti|il «* JnP dealing tiMk'oiHWQM^I^o^ , posed oa different occasions and inis amplified by sixty-nine notes, referring to books and i§lles';in severa| ¦ laa^ag<i...
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...i» rtlvbipi, <^ «&#p& )*^ «*«*' subsequently aiict'is -b|sed upon a pro-' Boffs own assefiottpilly in line wt^ - Lumen Gc^am...
...That disse1rv|c|:i»tends:tof tfce'' Jbook's ediia^ as ^^"A^«««^if t...
...The text published in this country is replete with gratuitous omissions, inexcusable carelessness, and damaging misrepresentations . Let me cite some instances: • Page 26 of the American edition quotes Pope Paul VI's Octogesima Atfoeniew, paragraph...
...But what, then, is the responsibility of translators, editors, and publishers to provide the theological community and the wider concerned public with reliable sources upon which to base their deliberation and discernment...
...the very beginniiif, Ipviston between...
...t**'lSfe|i^tte$f/MM** is 5:' • %*^«^isttM^}^l^ is the technical term, "crwto/KiaJe.'* la the '&$$$/* this terni ^jpus s^yerai imes ,' tianity" and is contrasted with the N<dft«ir«»S|^iW[ ^^-ftasfe 'mm* esnveyed is thatB#waliJi«is an pf< cowiaanities and the institutional <;Biirch<^iiiipr^sioR wjnforc^by the j«rtes suggesterf in the subtitle created *f»^lq|^4«id Ae*- I68dt*rti«art €^H*fen), IfSmt W^A^ «^, f dt4 comtaitmeiw to a Caiiolic ecclesiology might indeed be considered suspect, • -.' Hn| #f«att Self*lena *'^6swuration -# ecUesjas&a...
...coming upon this categorical statement, p$tfk W^^lcr wovilbii whether, in Boffs mind, hierarchy is, nuanced senteit^ Jhich apjpears oft page 194 of tbefortaguese origiial...
Vol. 112 • November 1985 • No. 19
