{"id":1124,"date":"2021-03-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2023-05-07T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T22:51:18","slug":"zuzhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2021\/03\/15\/zuzhou\/","title":{"rendered":"z\u01d4zh\u00f2u"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">z\u01d4zh\u00f2u<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">cursing<\/span>\n\u8bc5\u5492\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8a5b\u5492<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%);\"> \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/d\/r1\/lp-e\/1001070202\" title=\"A2 Features of This Revision \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">Appendix A2<\/a> of the English <i>New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures<\/i> (Study Edition), entitled \u201cFeatures of This Revision\u201d, discusses vocabulary changes that have been made in the current revision, words that have been translated differently than before. As noted in various entries in the excellent resource <a href=\"http:\/\/access.ucam.org\/rte\/\" title=\"Referenced Theo. Expressions\">Referenced Theo. Expressions (RTE)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/cmn-Hans\/wol\/d\/r23\/lp-chs-rb\/1001061202\" title=\"A2 \u4fee\u8ba2\u7248\u7684\u7279\u8272 \u2014 \u5b88\u671b\u53f0\u7ebf\u4e0a\u4e66\u5e93\">Appendix A2<\/a> of the current <em>Mandarin<\/em> version of the <i>New World Translation<\/i> Bible (nwt) correspondingly discusses words that have been translated differently in the current revision of the Mandarin <i>NWT<\/i> Bible, compared to how they had been translated before.<\/p>\n<p>Since we base what we say in Jehovah\u2019s service on his Word the Bible, the vocabulary used in it\u2014and the way those vocabulary words are translated\u2014should be reflected in how we speak in our ministry, at our meetings, etc. So, it is beneficial for us Mandarin field language-learners to be familiar with the latest thinking from the organization on how Bible terms should be translated into Mandarin.<\/p>\n<h3>Reverse Curse<\/h3>\n<p>One relatively simple type of change that we should be aware of is that the ordering of the morphemes in some of the words used in previous versions of the Mandarin <i>NWT<\/i> Bible has become reversed in more modern usage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morpheme\" title=\"Morpheme - Wikipedia\">Morphemes<\/a> are the smallest units of language sound with meaning. Morphemes sometimes are words on their own, but not always. For example, \u201ccat\u201d is both a morpheme and a word. However, while the \u201cs\u201d at the end of \u201ccats\u201d is a morpheme (meaning that we are now talking about more than one cat), it is not a word on its own.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding Mandarin morphemes, the introductions of <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus resources <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/fg\/Pinyin_Plus\/intro.html#transl\" title=\"Good News Br. | Introduction and Disclaimer (P\u012bny\u012bn Plus, Scriptures, Web) | Translation\">point out<\/a> the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIn Mandarin, morphemes usually correspond with syllables, but some syllables are sound-only (without meaning) and thus not morphemes, and some morphemes have more than one syllable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One example of a word that has had its morpheme order reversed in the current revision of the Mandarin <i>NWT<\/i> Bible is \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>zh\u00f2uz\u01d4<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">cursing<\/span>\n\u5492\u8bc5\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5492\u8a5b<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d. Now, \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>z\u01d4zh\u00f2u<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">cursing<\/span>\n\u8bc5\u5492\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8a5b\u5492<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, this week\u2019s MEotW, is used instead.\u2014<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Chu\u00e0ngsh\u00ecj\u00ec<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(Chu\u00e0ng\u00b7sh\u00ec\u00b7j\u00ec\n<span class=\"lit\">{Initiating, Creating of} \u00b7 World \u00b7 Record \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Genesis]<\/span>\n\u521b\u4e16\u8bb0\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5275\u4e16\u8a18<\/span>)<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/cmn-Hans\/wol\/b\/r23\/lp-chs-rb\/nwt\/1\/3#s=14&amp;study=parallel&amp;v=1:3:14\" title=\"\u521b\u4e16\u8bb0 3 \u2014 \u5b88\u671b\u53f0\u7ebf\u4e0a\u4e66\u5e93\">3:14<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As used in both \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>zh\u00f2uz\u01d4<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">cursing<\/span>\n\u5492\u8bc5\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5492\u8a5b<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d and \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>z\u01d4zh\u00f2u<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">cursing<\/span>\n\u8bc5\u5492\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8a5b\u5492<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>z\u01d4<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">cursing | {swearing (an oath)}<\/span>\n\u8bc5\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8a5b<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d and \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>zh\u00f2u<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">cursing; swearing [\u2192 [incantation; spell]]<\/span>\n\u5492\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5492\/\u546a<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d both mean \u201ccursing\u201d, and whichever one is put first, together they also mean \u201ccursing\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appendix A2 of the English New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition), entitled \u201cFeatures of This Revision\u201d, discusses vocabulary changes that have been made in the current revision, words that have been translated differently than before. 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