Personally I always thought that formal equivalence (word-for-word) is better than dynamic equivalence (thought-for-thought). And that’t not just the Bible but

Personally I always thought that formal equivalence (word-for-word) is better than dynamic equivalence (thought-for-thought). And that’t not just the Bible but generally speaking about any ancient text. On the other hand that doesn’t mean that the translation should be archaic too (see the “ye and thou vs you”) But oh well it’s a nice topic. Our languages constantly evolve as time goes on yet the originals stay the same. Who knows maybe AI will be helpful too here one day.