{"id":4313,"date":"2007-12-27T02:00:16","date_gmt":"2007-12-27T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=4313"},"modified":"2007-12-27T04:38:12","modified_gmt":"2007-12-27T08:38:12","slug":"jose-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2007\/12\/jose-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Spanish-language scriptures use the name Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Smith. This raises interesting questions: Which names do we choose to translate and which do we choose not to translate, and why?<\/p>\n

For instance, Joseph Smith’s name is a curious mix of translation and non-translation. We translate Joseph into Jos\u00c3\u00a9 — but not Smith into Herrero. Why not? It can’t be for ease of pronunciation, because Smith is essentially unpronounceable for most monolingual Spanish speakers. <\/p>\n

And why translate Joseph at all? The Spanish-language scriptures lave many other names untranslated, even where easy translations are available. For instance, they don’t translate John Taylor into Juan Taylor (or Juan Sastre, for that matter). Take a look at DyC 138:53<\/a>, for instance: <\/p>\n

El profeta Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Smith y mi padre Hyrum Smith, y Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff y otros esp\u00c3\u00adritus selectos que fueron reservados para nacer en el cumplimiento de los tiempos, a fin de participar en la colocaci\u00c3\u00b3n de los cimientos de la gran obra de los \u00c3\u00baltimos d\u00c3\u00adas,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And what’s really weird — Joseph F.<\/em> Smith doesn’t get his name translated. The header to Secci\u00c3\u00b3n 138 reads:<\/p>\n

Visi\u00c3\u00b3n manifestada al presidente Joseph F. Smith en Salt Lake City, Utah, el 3 de octubre de 1918 . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So —<\/p>\n

Does anyone know the logic or history behind the translation decision? Is this mixture (translating Joseph Smith’s first name, but little else) the same in other languages as well? Is it really just Joseph? (I could have sworn I’ve seen discussion of Oliverio Cowdery in Spanish-language church documents, but I can’t find any at the moment.)<\/p>\n

Why do<\/em> we say, Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Smith?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Spanish-language scriptures use the name Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Smith. This raises interesting questions: Which names do we choose to translate and which do we choose not to translate, and why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}