How Do I Know If My Aramaic Tattoo Is Accurate?
Author: Steve Caruso
Author: Steve CarusoAs awareness of Aramaic's unique and sweeping role in the story of Judeo-Christianity rises, so to does the reverence for the language itself escalate until, in some quarters, it takes on a sacred aura. Today a handful of truly native speakers exist, and the language has evolved a long ways from its origins. A NeoAramaic speaker today would bewilder an Imperial Aramaic speaker from the times of te Old Testament prophets. So how does the average man learn how to say a few words back to his Maker in that Maker's own tongue? Stay tuned. Tattoo Translation Verification (sm) Your Secret Weapon Versus Scammers
Share:If you're nervous about the reliability of your translation, however you received it, there's an easy, free solution: have a professional translator review the translation for you. Always check twice before bleeding once. Steve Caruso has been offering free tattoo translation verifications since before he was offering translations commercially. To receive yours, email him at aramaicdesigns@gmail.com with the following information:
1. The translation image.
2. The English you asked to have translated, with any relevant grammatical information such as gender.
3. The dialect and script you asked for your translation in.
4. Who your translator was.
You could be saving yourself from a disfiguring mistake, and you'll be helping your fellow translation seekers out. We use the information we collect to keep track of the good guys and those that are passing bad translations. Your Guide To Putting Your Thoughts In Biblical Aramaic
Share: As awareness of Aramaic's unique and sweeping role in the story of Judeo-Christianity rises, so to does the reverence for the language itself escalate until, in some quarters, it takes on a sacred aura. Today a handful of truly native speakers exist, and the language has evolved a long ways from its origins. A NeoAramaic speaker today would bewilder an Imperial Aramaic speaker from the times of te Old Testament prophets. So how does the average man learn how to say a few words back to his Maker in that Maker's own tongue? Stay tuned. Pick A Dialect, (Not) Just Any Dialect!
Share:Not all Aramaic is created equal, and yet most translators say one of the following when asked if they can translate English into Aramaic: "I know Aramaic" (but no mention which dialect), "I am a native speaker of Aramaic" (do you mean Neo-Aramaic, Syriac, Turyoye or what?), or "my product has a number of different dialects in it" (ok, not helpful when I'm looking for a specific dialect, and would you care to tell me how you learned them?).
There are (or more accurately, will be shortly) Squidoo pages on Aramaic dialects, but in the mean time I'll give you this example and send you to a page that surveys the topic in depth:
Suppose that you're looking for the language of Jesus (1st Century Galilean), when you're looking for a translation you find someone who is a "native speaker" and who is specifically proud of speaking the language of Jesus. What are you looking at? Definitely not a speaker of the language of Jesus, which died out millennium ago! Nine times out of ten, you have a member of the Syriac Orthodox Church who will be happy to give you a Syriac translation. However, Syriac is a dialect of Aramaic that developed two hundred years after Jesus' death and decidedly wasn't evolving from Galilean Aramaic in the first place.About the Author:
For further reading on any and all Aramaic topics, including this article with in-text Aramaic and Hebrew script, check out The Aramaic Blog
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For a free tattoo translation verification, email the author at aramaicdesigns@gmail.com with the text you wanted translated, the translation you received back, and where you received your translation from. We'll coach you through the rest!
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