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A Study on Fidelity in Sermon Interpreting: Implications from Sermon Interpreting of Billy Graham Korea Crusade 1973

  • The Journal of Translation Studies
  • Abbr : JTS
  • 2019, 20(3), pp.67-89
  • DOI : 10.15749/jts.2019.20.3.003
  • Publisher : The Korean Association for Translation Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Interpretation and Translation Studies
  • Received : August 4, 2019
  • Accepted : September 16, 2019
  • Published : September 30, 2019

Shin, Hayne 1

1한동대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper studies the fidelity issue in sermon interpreting and argues that fidelity in sermon interpreting involves dual loyalty, i.e. to the preacher and to the word of God which is central in the communication process. As interpreters are called to partner with preachers in delivering the word of God accurately and fluently, it is important for sermon interpreters to see themselves not as information providers only but as co-preachers and display ownership in the message. To confirm conditions for faithful and effective sermon interpreting, this paper looks into the interpreting of Rev. Billy Kim who interpreted for Rev. Billy Graham in the 1973 Crusade in Seoul, Korea, which is recorded as the largest ever crusade by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). The study found that while some simplification, addition, alteration were made in verbal aspects of communication, they were negligible as the core idea of the bible and of the preacher remained intact and were clearly and powerfully communicated in lively manner with exact replication of non-verbal aspects of communication.

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