Lexical Characteristics of the Belarusian Translation of Chapters 6–9 of the Gospel of Matthew (Orthodox and Catholic Editions) Cover Image

Лексічныя асаблівасці перакладу глаў 6–9 Евангелля паводле Мацвея на беларускую мову (праваслаўная і каталіцкая рэдакцыі)
Lexical Characteristics of the Belarusian Translation of Chapters 6–9 of the Gospel of Matthew (Orthodox and Catholic Editions)

Author(s): Eugeniusz Pankow
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: New Testament; translation; lexis; Belarusian language; Orthodoxy; Catholicism

Summary/Abstract: The article provides a comparative analysis of lexical and certain grammatical peculiarities in the Catholic and Orthodox editions of the Belarusian translation of chapters 6–9 of the Gospel of Matthew. The study is based on biblical textual sources in Belarusian, Polish, Russian, Greek, and Hebrew, including explanatory and other dictionaries, as well as works on modern Belarusian literary lexicology. The study reveals that while adapting the Gospel of Matthew into Belarusian, translators exhibit a certain dependence on foreign languages’ influence and confessional writing traditions, thus sometimes disregarding encyclopedic variants, or ignoring lexical, semantic, and grammatical processes characteristic for the modern Belarusian standard language.

  • Issue Year: 14/2025
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 133-149
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Belarusian
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