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\n\t\t\tb\u01d0y\u00f9<\/span>\n(b\u01d0\u00b7y\u00f9\ncomparing \u00b7 {explaining \u2192 [analogy; metaphor; simile]} [\u2192 [illustration]]<\/span>\n\u6bd4\u55bb)<\/span>\n\n
\n\nx\u00ecng<\/span>\n(nature<\/span>\n\u6027)<\/span>\n\n
\n\nde<\/span>\n(\u2019s<\/span>\n\u7684)<\/span>\n\n
\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war; warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n\n

After reading last week\u2019s MEotW post<\/a> on \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(sh\u01d4\u00b7l\u00edng\n{(in the) category (of)} \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual (nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 notes change from \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i>\u201d to \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i>\u201d, etc.)]<\/span>\n\u5c5e\u7075\n\u5c6c\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/i><\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war; warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i>, one reader sent me an email with some informed and expert input. I especially appreciated the power-user searching example that he shared.<\/p>\n

Supercharging WOL Searching<\/h4>\n

One of the suggestions that this user made was that when looking for official Mandarin translations for an English expression, it can be better to search for the English expression and then use the Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\u2019s (WOL\u2019s) Synchronization feature to see what Mandarin translations turn up, rather than to search for specific possible Mandarin expressions that may or may not be used to translate that English expression.<\/p>\n

Looking back at the browser tabs I had opened during my research for the MEotW post on \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(sh\u01d4\u00b7l\u00edng\n{(in the) category (of)} \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual (nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 notes change from \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i>\u201d to \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i>\u201d, etc.)]<\/span>\n\u5c5e\u7075\n\u5c6c\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/i><\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war; warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i>, I noticed that I did try searching for \u201cspiritual war\u201d and comparing any English results with their corresponding Mandarin translations, which is how I found the May 2018 Watchtower<\/i><\/a> example. However, the reader\u2019s email provided an example that improves upon the simple search string \u201cspiritual war\u201d by using search operators<\/em>, which include logical operators<\/a>, wildcards<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n

I tried looking up related information in jw.org<\/a>\u2019s Help section, but their section<\/a> on using the Search feature doesn\u2019t mention such search operators. I was, though, able to find a JWTalk<\/a> forum post<\/a> on WOL search operators, in which someone shared the following information from the Watchtower Library<\/i><\/a> program\u2019s Help section:<\/p>\n

\n*** wtlib-help section 4 ***
\nSearch Operators<\/p>\n

&\t\t\tAnd operation
\n+\t\t\tAnd operation
\nSpace\t\tAs specified in the Search menu
\n|\t\t\tOr operation
\n\/\t\t\tOr operation
\n\u02c6\t\t\tExclusive Or operation
\n%\t\t\tExclusive Or operation
\n!\t\t\tNot operation
\n&!, +!\tNot operation
\n&-, +-\tNot operation
\n&&\t\t\tAdjacent And operation
\n++\t\t\tAdjacent And operation
\n\"...\"\t\tSearches for the phrase that is enclosed in quotes
\n*\t\t\tRepresents one or more characters (including nothing)
\n?\t\t\tRepresents one character in a word
\n#number\tAllows searching for words using their word ID number
\n\\\t\t\tForces the following operator to be a literal character
\n(...)\t\tAllow for setting precedence<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nExamples:<\/p>\n\nJesus & Christ
\nFinds all documents that contain both words within the specified scope.
\n
\nJesus | Christ
\nFinds all documents that contain either word.
\n
\nJesus && Christ
\nFinds all documents that contain the word Jesus followed by the word Christ.
\n
\n\"Jesus Christ\"
\nFinds all documents that contain the exact phrase Jesus Christ.
\n
\nJesus \u02c6 Christ
\nFinds all documents that contain either word, but not where both words occur in the specified scope.
\n
\nChristian*
\nFinds all documents that contain words that begin with \u201cChristian\u201d followed by any additional characters (words such as Christian, Christians, Christianity).
\n
\nOrgani?ation
\nFinds all documents that contain words with 12 letters, where the first 6 letters are \u201cOrgani\u201d and the last 5 letters are \u201cation\u201d (words such as Organization, Organisation).
\n
\nJesus | Christ & Jehovah
\nFinds all documents that contain either Jesus or Christ, and then further limits the results by finding only the documents in that group that also include Jehovah in the specified scope.
\n
\nJesus | (Christ & Jehovah)
\nFinds all documents that contain Christ and Jehovah in the specified scope. It then searches again for all documents that contain Jesus and adds them to the results.
\n
\nJesus ! Christ
\nFinds all documents that contain the word Jesus without the word Christ in the specified scope.<\/code>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From testing so far, it seems that the WOL uses the same search operators that the Watchtower Library<\/i> does, which makes sense, since the WOL was created to be the online version of the Watchtower Library<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Using this knowledge of the WOL\u2019s search operators, I tried searching the WOL for \u201cspiritual & (war | warfare)<\/a>\u201d (not including the quotation marks), which returns documents that contain both \u201cspiritual\u201d and \u201cwar\u201d, or that contain both \u201cspiritual\u201d and \u201cwarfare\u201d, with no restriction on which word occurs first.<\/p>\n

Some Noteworthy Results<\/h4>\n

Did searching the WOL for \u201cspiritual & (war | warfare)\u201d point me to more results of note than searching for \u201cspiritual war\u201d did? Yes! Here are some of them that are more recent than the May 2018 Watchtower<\/i> result that I had found when searching for \u201cspiritual war\u201d:<\/p>\n

From the October 2022 Watchtower:<\/i><\/p>\n

English:<\/p>\n

\nIn our spiritual warfare<\/strong>,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mandarin:<\/p>\n

\n\n\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> \ud83d\udcc4<\/span> \ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\nZ\u00e0i<\/span>\n(at<\/span>\n\u5728)<\/span>\n\n\ng\u0113n<\/span>\n(with<\/span>\n\u8ddf)<\/span> <\/strong>\n\n\t\t\tS\u0101d\u00e0n<\/span>\n(Satan<\/span>\n\u6492\u4f46)<\/span><\/strong>\n\n\n<\/strong><\/strong>\t\t\tzu\u00f2zh\u00e0n<\/span>\n(zu\u00f2\u00b7zh\u00e0n\n{engaging in} \u00b7 {fighting (a war)}<\/span>\n\u4f5c\u6218\n\u4f5c\u6230<\/span>)<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n\nsh\u00ed<\/span>\n({(particular) times}<\/span>\n\u65f6\n\u6642<\/span>)<\/span>,\n\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the September 2020 Watchtower:<\/i><\/p>\n

English:<\/p>\n

\nThat warfare<\/strong> was, not literal, but spiritual<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mandarin:<\/p>\n

\n\n\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> \ud83d\udcc4<\/span> \ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\nB\u01ceolu\u00f3<\/span>\n(Paul<\/span>\n\u4fdd\u7f57\n\u4fdd\u7f85<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nshu\u014d<\/span>\n({was speaking of}<\/span>\n\u8bf4\n\u8aaa\/\u8aac<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nde<\/span>\n(\u2019s<\/span>\n\u7684)<\/span>\n\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n\nb\u00ecng<\/span>\n(actually<\/span>\n\u5e76\n\u4e26\/\u7add\/\u5e76<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nb\u00fa<\/span>\n(not<\/span>\n\u4e0d)<\/span>\n\nsh\u00ec<\/span>\n(was<\/span>\n\u662f)<\/span>\n\nsh\u00edj\u00ec<\/span>\n(sh\u00ed\u00b7j\u00ec\n{being solid \u2192 [reality]} \u00b7 {boundaries \u2192 [inside]} \u2192<\/span> [real]<\/span>\n\u5b9e\u9645\n\u5be6\u969b<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nde<\/span>\n(\u2019s<\/span>\n\u7684)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>,\n\n\u2026\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the Organized (od)<\/i> book, \u00a9 2005, 2015, 2019:<\/p>\n

English (November 2021 Printing):<\/p>\n

\nThis puts us at the battle lines of the spiritual warfare<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mandarin (December 2021 Printing):<\/p>\n

\n\n\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> \ud83d\udcc4<\/span> \ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\nY\u012bnc\u01d0<\/span>\n(Y\u012bn\u00b7c\u01d0\n{because of} \u00b7 this<\/span>\n\u56e0\u6b64)<\/span>,\n\nw\u01d2men<\/span>\n(w\u01d2\u00b7men\nwe \u00b7 [pl<\/i>]<\/span>\n\u6211\u4eec\n\u6211\u5011<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nd\u014du<\/span>\n(all<\/span>\n\u90fd)<\/span>\n\ny\u00e0o<\/span>\n(must<\/span>\n\u8981)<\/span>\n\nd\u01ce<\/span>\n(strike \u2192<\/span> [fight]<\/span>\n\u6253)<\/span>\n\ny\u00ec<\/span>\n(one<\/span>\n\u4e00)<\/span>\n\nch\u01ceng<\/span>\n({large gathering place of} \u2192<\/span> [mw for recreational, sports, or other activities<\/i>]<\/span>\n\u573a\n\u5834\/\u5872<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\nb\u01d0y\u00f9<\/span>\n(b\u01d0\u00b7y\u00f9\ncomparing \u00b7 {explaining \u2192 [analogy]} \u2192<\/span> [illustration]<\/span>\n\u6bd4\u55bb)<\/span><\/strong>\n\n\t\t\tx\u00ecng<\/span>\n(nature<\/span>\n\u6027)<\/span><\/strong>\n\nde<\/span>\n(\u2019s<\/span>\n\u7684)<\/span><\/strong>\n\n\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>\t\t\tzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>.\n<\/strong>\n\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not Being Direct<\/h4>\n

One thing that sticks out about the above-mentioned search results is that these don\u2019t seem to be direct translations, but rather, cases of translating around<\/em> \u201cspiritual war\/warfare\/\u2026\u201d, to get to the desired result. They seem like cases of \u201cwe don\u2019t commonly say this expression directly in everyday Mandarin, so let\u2019s express the meaning indirectly instead\u201d. However, it would seem that \u201cspiritual war\u201d is not really in particularly common use in English either, but nevertheless, the organization does use this English expression. Maybe the original writers of the English material felt more free to exercise a sort of \u201ccreative licence\u201d than the translators of the Mandarin material did (perhaps because of organizational hierarchy, culture, etc.), in using a particular fitting expression even if it\u2019s not in common usage. Maybe these recent indirect Mandarin translations, which are all different from each other, are the results of the Mandarin translators feeling their way towards eventually coming up with a consistent direct translation of \u201cspiritual war\/warfare\/\u2026\u201d that they can feel good about. I suppose time will tell.<\/p>\n

Looking at the above-mentioned search results in more detail, \u201cg\u0113n<\/i><\/span>\n(with<\/span>\n\u8ddf)<\/span>\n\nS\u0101d\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(Satan<\/span>\n\u6492\u4f46)<\/span>\n\nzu\u00f2zh\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(zu\u00f2\u00b7zh\u00e0n\n{engaging in} \u00b7 {fighting (a war)}<\/span>\n\u4f5c\u6218\n\u4f5c\u6230<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i>, when used in relation to us humans, implies<\/em> warfare limited to that of a spiritual kind, since we humans have no means to actually injure, kill, or restrain Satan\u2019s actual spirit body. However, Jesus and loyal angels do<\/em> have such means, or can be given such means by Jehovah, so when they \u201cg\u0113n<\/i><\/span>\n(with<\/span>\n\u8ddf)<\/span>\n\nS\u0101d\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(Satan<\/span>\n\u6492\u4f46)<\/span>\n\nzu\u00f2zh\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(zu\u00f2\u00b7zh\u00e0n\n{engage in} \u00b7 {fighting (a war)}<\/span>\n\u4f5c\u6218\n\u4f5c\u6230<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i> in what we could call \u201cspirit<\/em> warfare\u201d or \u201cspirit realm<\/em> warfare\u201d, it\u2019s different from the kind of spiritual<\/em> warfare that we humans are limited to fighting against Satan, unless we humans are one day given fighting abilities like those of angels. (Daniel 10:12, 13<\/a>, 20<\/a>; Revelation 12:7\u20139<\/a>; 20:1\u20133<\/a>) However, with so many actual angels already in Jehovah\u2019s service, there doesn\u2019t seem to be any need or reason for Jehovah to ever do this. Anyway, what \u201cg\u0113n<\/i><\/span>\n(with<\/span>\n\u8ddf)<\/span>\n\nS\u0101d\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(Satan<\/span>\n\u6492\u4f46)<\/span>\n\nzu\u00f2zh\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(zu\u00f2\u00b7zh\u00e0n\n{engaging in} \u00b7 {fighting (a war)}<\/span>\n\u4f5c\u6218\n\u4f5c\u6230<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i> means will, strictly speaking, continue to be a superset<\/em> of what \u201cspiritual war\/warfare\/\u2026\u201d currently means for us humans, not a direct translation of it.<\/p>\n

As for the result from the September 2020 Watchtower<\/i>, it translated the \u201cthat warfare was, not literal,\u201d part, and then it translated the \u201cbut spiritual\u201d part by not<\/em> translating it! (Well, computer programmers do say that the best code is the code that you don\u2019t have to write.)<\/p>\n

\u201cB\u01d0y\u00f9<\/i><\/span>\n(B\u01d0\u00b7y\u00f9\ncomparing \u00b7 {explaining \u2192 [analogy]} \u2192<\/span> [illustration]<\/span>\n\u6bd4\u55bb)<\/span>\n\nx\u00ecng<\/i><\/span>\n(nature<\/span>\n\u6027)<\/span>\n\nde<\/i><\/span>\n(\u2019s<\/span>\n\u7684)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/i><\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i>, this week\u2019s MEotW, is a correct<\/em> translation, as far as it goes, and close to being a direct translation, but since \u201cb\u01d0y\u00f9<\/i><\/span>\n(b\u01d0\u00b7y\u00f9\ncomparing \u00b7 {explaining \u2192 [analogy; metaphor; simile]} [\u2192 [illustration]] | compare \u00b7 {explain \u2192 [draw an analogy]} [\u2192 [illustrate]]<\/span>\n\u6bd4\u55bb)<\/span>\u201d<\/i> means \u201canalogy\u201d or \u201cmetaphor\u201d, and since an analogy or a metaphor compares two things, something is still missing\u2014the Bible uses physical warfare as an analogy or metaphor for x<\/i> warfare, and sometimes it might be nice to be able to directly refer to that x<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Do We Need to Be Direct?<\/h4>\n

Should we expect, though, that the Insight<\/i> book is too big to keep completely updated with all the latest translation preferences? In a follow-up email, the reader mentioned above provided an example showing that even though revised printings of official publications do contain relatively minor revisions, they may leave in relatively major passages that really should also be corrected. This is undoubtedly because of time\/manpower\/etc. constraints. From my own efforts producing this blog, other P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus resources, etc., I can certainly understand that even the official production teams may often be faced with simply not being able to do all the work that they wish they could do.<\/p>\n

At the least, when the Mandarin NWT\u2019s<\/i> Appendix A2<\/a> explains why the revised Mandarin NWT<\/i> doesn\u2019t use \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(sh\u01d4\u00b7l\u00edng\n{(in the) category (of)} \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual (nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 notes change from \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i>\u201d to \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i>\u201d, etc.)]<\/span>\n\u5c5e\u7075\n\u5c6c\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i> anymore, it says that \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(sh\u01d4\u00b7l\u00edng\n{(in the) category (of)} \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual (nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 notes change from \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i>\u201d to \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i>\u201d, etc.)]<\/span>\n\u5c5e\u7075\n\u5c6c\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i> is hard to understand for many people, not that it is actually wrong or misleading like some other expressions are.<\/p>\n

Of course, even if my analyses above are completely correct, it could also be that the organization will continue to be satisfied that indirectly translating \u201cspiritual war\u201d is good enough, or maybe even better, for native Mandarin speakers, and that it is not<\/em> necessary to contort common Mandarin usage to come up with a new direct Mandarin translation for \u201cspiritual war\u201d. Again, time will tell, but this seems to be the approach that the organization\u2019s Mandarin translators have been taking since about 2018.<\/p>\n

As is probably becoming obvious, translating is hard, and doing it as well as possible is an ongoing process, as is monitoring and documenting some of the organization\u2019s Mandarin translations, as this blog, the other P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus<\/a> resources, the Referenced Theo. Expressions (RTE)<\/i><\/a> resource, etc. try to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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For now, it seems correct to say that \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(sh\u01d4\u00b7l\u00edng\n{(in the) category (of)} \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual (nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 notes change from \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i>\u201d to \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i>\u201d, etc.)]<\/span>\n\u5c5e\u7075\n\u5c6c\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/i><\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war; warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i> is the most recent official direct<\/em> translation for \u201cspiritual war\/warfare\/\u2026\u201d that can be found, for what that\u2019s worth. Besides the May 2018 Watchtower<\/i><\/a> example that I found, I have also found examples in the Mandarin Insight<\/i> book, e.g. here<\/a>, and this WOL page<\/a> tells us that that publication is currently dated 2022.<\/p>\n