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'''<big>GREG'S NOTE:'''</big> This page will include a discussion on methodological issues related to the translation of the Bodhicaryāvatāra into modern languages. In this discussion, we will identify key points that are particularly relevant for translators of Indian Buddhist treatises. | '''<big>GREG'S NOTE:'''</big> This page will include a discussion on methodological issues related to the translation of the Bodhicaryāvatāra into modern languages. In this discussion, we will identify key points that are particularly relevant for translators of Indian Buddhist treatises. | ||
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"Śāntideva's ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' is one of the most translated Buddhist texts." (Nelson 2016). Not only that, it is one of the most discussed work by translators when speaking about translation methodology, including as a basis of multiple workshops and conferences by academics. In 2005, Nicole Martinez Melis wrote a descriptive analysis of several translations of the text, in part because of "... a significant publishing event...the appearance of seven translations in the space of just five years, between 1992 and 1997" (Melis 2005). Since then, so many translations have appeared in so many languages it is difficult to count, but through our research here, we estimate that there have been no less than 35 publications including a complete translation of the text ''since 1997''. Currently, there are more than 74 complete translations and 33 partial translations of the text in our archive. There may be upwards of 140 translations of Cervantes' Don Quixote, and it may only be a matter of decades before we see that number of translations of Śāntideva. | "Śāntideva's ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' is one of the most translated Buddhist texts." (Nelson 2016). Not only that, it is one of the most discussed work by translators when speaking about translation methodology, including as a basis of multiple workshops and conferences by academics. In 2005, Nicole Martinez Melis wrote a descriptive analysis of several translations of the text, in part because of "... a significant publishing event...the appearance of seven translations in the space of just five years, between 1992 and 1997" (Melis 2005). Since then, so many translations have appeared in so many languages it is difficult to count, but through our research here, we estimate that there have been no less than 35 publications including a complete translation of the text ''since 1997''. Currently, there are more than 74 complete translations and 33 partial translations of the text in our archive. There may be upwards of 140 translations of Cervantes' Don Quixote, and it may only be a matter of decades before we see that number of translations of Śāntideva. | ||
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