Luther's German Version of the Gospel of St. John: With an Interlinear English Translation, for the Use of Students (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Luther's German Version of the Gospel of St. John: With an Interlinear English Translation, for the Use of Students

In Hamilton's books, on the contrary, the words of the German text are put together, not as they are found in the original, in their genuine grammatical order, but according to the rules of the English Grammar, to suit the translation underneath, - as if the purpose had been to teach English rather than German. All that can be said in favor of such an artificial disposition of the text, is this, that it renders it more easy for the translator to place a continuous and tolerably correct vernacular version underneath. The student is cer tainly not benefited by being saved the wholesome necessity of attending to the genuine German construction, while he is trying to understand the original by means of a translation, which, by its very deviations from the rules of the English.

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