『신천성서(神天聖書)』의 번역 특징 연구

Abstract

The Morrison Version is the first Chinese Bible to be fully translated by a Protestant missionary, Morrison, and holds a very important place in the history of the Chinese Bible. The Morrison Version is a great literature not only of the historical value of the Bible, but also of linguistic historical value. In the text, the characteristics and contents of translation were examined, focusing on the vocabulary of the Morrison Version. First, the Morrison Version is faithfully translated into the original text of the Bible. There are many vocabulary words that match Hela’s original text. For example, the ‘π ν ε υ ́ μα τ ο ς’ in the original text of Hella means ‘wind’. It was translated as ‘holy spirit’ in the General Bible, and in the Morrison Version, it was translated as ‘holy wind’. Second, the Morrison version uses a colloquial style and a literal style. The Morrison Version is an octopus translation, but Morrison thought it would be difficult for people to use colloquial language. For example, ‘yu(余)’, ‘wu(吾)’, and ‘wo(我)’ were used as first-person pronouns. ‘yu(余)’ and ‘wu(吾)’ are written in octopus and ‘我’ is colloquial. Third, Morrison refrained from using Catholic terms in the translation of the Bible and used Christian terms. God was translated as ‘God(神)’ rather than ‘the emperor(天主)’ used in Catholicism. Fourth, in the Morrison version, words derived from Buddhism were used. These words became Christian vocabulary with the spread of the Bible. The related vocabulary is ‘prayer(祈禱)’, ‘worship(礼拜)’, and ‘satan(撒但)’. Fifth, some words in the Morrison version are not in single form. For example, ‘Christ’ has been translated as ‘The Messiah’, ‘Christ’. This seems to be an error that occurred during the early translation of the Bible.