Professor Henrike Lähnemann will be giving a special interactive keynote athe Found in Translation conference:

The German Reformation would have not been possible without Luther’s translation of the Bible. The impact both the actual translation and the literature surrounding it had, went beyond the religious movement. It has influenced literature, culture and politics – and later translations across European languages. This talk will examine the claim Luther made in his Open Letter on Translation that true translation can only be achieved when letting go of the letters.

The talk will include some practical translation exercises, so participants are encouraged to bring along a Bible, preferably in a non-English edition or in a non-standard translation. To prepare for the talk, an advance reading of the Open Letter on Translation in the open access edition with the commentary by Howard Jones is recommended: https://editions.mml.ox.ac.uk/editions/sendbrief/

More on this and on the ‘Open Letter on Translation' by Martin Luther as part of the “Remembering the Reformation” project in Oxford cf. https://editions.mml.ox.ac.uk/topics/reformation.shtml

More details can be found on the TORCH website.