• Greek-transliteration.txt (Greek transliteration scheme; 4KB)
• Hebrew-transliteration.txt (Hebrew transliteration scheme; 3KB)

• The Abused Genitive, by Mark Strauss
• Analyzing Discourse: A Manual of Basic Concepts, by Dooley, Robert A. and Stephen H. Levinsohn, 2000 (PDF format, Zipped, 109K)
  • PDF format, 359K
  • HTML format, Zipped, 109K
  • HTML format, 322K
  • purchase book (some updates from preceding files)
• A Basic Model for Communication, by Iver Larsen (24KB)
• Bible, Babel and Babble: The Foundations of Bible Translation, By Dr. Scott Munger
• Bible translation surveys (including field tests of several English Bible versions), by Wayne Leman
• Bible translation textbooks bibliography (3KB)
• Can Greek aner ("man") sometimes mean "person"? No, says Dr. Wayne Grudem
  • Against Grudem: Aner and Masculinist Misprisions of New Testament Meaning, by Ann Nyland
• Can Greek aner ("man") sometimes mean "person"?, by Daniel B. Wallace (27KB)
• Chiasm In Relation to the Exegesis of Rom 14, by Iver Larsen (RTF format, 17 KB)
• The communication and translation process, by Iver Larsen (Zipped, 8K)
  • RFT format, Zipped, 6K
  • RFT format, 23K size
  • Microsoft Word format, Zipped, 8K
  • Microsoft Word format, 30K size
• Cottonpatchisms, by Irvine Davis (Zipped Microsoft Word format, 15K size)
  • Microsoft Word format, 45K size
  • Plain text format, 29K size
• Critique of NRSV, by John H. Dobson (134KB)
  • Critique of NRSV, zipped (39KB)
• Differences of verse numberings between the Hebrew Bible, Russian Bible, and English versions, compiled by Peter Kirk (257KB)
  • zipped (24 KB)
• Examples of Improvement in Accuracy of the TNIV over the NIV When Following the Colorado Springs Guidelines, by Mark L. Strauss (35KB)
• The Gender-Neutral Language of the English Standard Version (ESV), by Mark L. Strauss (138KB)
• A Guide to Language Projects, by Rick Brown & Richard Hoyle
  • Version 9V (128KB, zipped)
  • Version 9V (486KB, MS Word document)
• HOLY COMMUNICATIVE? Current approaches to Bible translation worldwide, by Peter Kirk
• The Implications of 'Until' in English, by Iver Larsen (27KB)
• isvstudydoc.zip (58KB; Phil Fields' fieldtesting study of the ISV)
• Linguistic and Hermeneutical Fallacies in the Guidelines Established at the Conference on Gender-Related Language in Scripture, by Mark Strauss (139KB)
• Listening to the Text: Oral Patterning in Paul's Letters, reviewed by Rev. Bryant J. Williams III, M.Div. (29KB)
• The literal-idiomatic Bible translation debate from the perspective of cognitive grammar, by David Tuggy (238KB)
  • Tuggy article (zipped, 123KB)
• The meanings of kurios in the New Testament, by Rick Brown and Christopher J. Samuel
• A Preliminary Guide to Comprehension Checking, by Catherine Rountree (36KB)
• Self-Instruction Materials on Non-narrative Discourse Analysis, by Stephen Levinsohn (PDF files, zipped; latest update 2 May 2008)
• Self-Instruction Materials on Narrative Discourse Analysis, by Stephen Levinsohn (PDF files, zipped; latest update 18 Aug. 2008)
• Singular Referents in 1 Thessalonians, by George Goolde (36KB)
  • zipped (5KB)
• Studies evaluating English Bible versions, compiled by Wayne Leman
• Theoretical Orientations In Translation: With Special Reference to Bible Translation As Exemplified In Two English-Language Versions, by Tommy Wasserman (PDF format; 113 KB)
  • Appendix to this research paper (PDF format; 219KB)
• TNIV links
• Translating YHWH in the OT and kurios in the NT: A Call For a New Approach, by Rick Brown and Christopher Samuel (2004; Powerpoint format)
• Translation and Sentence Length: Ephesians 1:3-14, by Richard P. Shields (27KB)
• Translation and Sentence Length: 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12, by Richard P. Shields (27KB)
• Who Is This Generation? by Iver Larsen (discussion of Greek GENEA) (112KB)
  • zipped (58KB)
• Word Order and Relative Prominence in New Testament Greek, by Iver Larsen (129KB)
  • Word Order and Relative Prominence in New Testament Greek (zipped, 45KB)

Files on Relevance Theory and its application to Bible translation:

• Bible Translation and Relevance Theory: The Translation of Titus, dissertation by Kevin Smith (entire document, Zipped, 333K)
  • Introduction (Microsoft Word format: 32K)
  • Chapter 1 - Introduction (Microsoft Word format: 41K)
  • Chapter 2 - History of Research (Microsoft Word format: 70K)
  • Chapter 3 - Translation Theory (Microsoft Word format: 280K)
  • Chapter 4 - Translation of Titus (Microsoft Word format: 504K)
  • Chapter 5 - Conclusions (Microsoft Word format: 57K)
  • Appendix A (Indirect Translation) (Microsoft Word format: 28K)
  • Appendix B (Direct Translation) (Microsoft Word format: 75K)
  • Bibliography (Works cited) (Microsoft Word format: 76K)
• Introduction to Relevance Theory, by Christoph Unger (PDF format, 82K)
  • RTF format, Zipped 11K
  • RTF format, 33K
  • HTML format, 28K