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...Tendol, the transla- tor of the group--and, at 27, one of the oldernuns--she said she takes the changes at hernunnery in stride...
...English Bible: New ent has bred in this reviewer sadness: much of it is very . All too often the transla crossed the fine limits of propriety; all too often have abandoned the rhythm he power of the Authorized for the jingle, the lifeless of bureaucracy, the quick and thoughtless uglyness of the contemporary idiom. I presume it will be accepted by the Protestant churches of this country; I hope it will be zealously neglected...
This translation will be more radical than a Revised Standard Version or a competent sermon explaining Scripture. It will have to be the translation which Paul accomplished when he gave Jesus to the non-Judaic world, or the transla tion accomplished by Aquinas, who incorporated the systematic requirements of medieval metaphysics. It will, perhaps, be a translation as radical as that given Judaism by Jesus, or the Veda by Gotama...
...Building is rectangular, the Assem bly is sweepingly curved and capped with a wide dome. One end is clear plate glass, the other a cliff of marble and translucent glass strips. A long ramp leads up to the 2,170 seat Assembly hall. Along the walls are banks of transla tors' booths set in strips of gilded South American mahogany. Two vivid, swirling murals by France's Fernand Leger flank the hall, and over the podium will shine rows of plaques bearing the seals of the 60 United Nations...
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