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Vol. 5:1 (1993) ► pp.71–88

Mixed Translation Patterns

The Ladino Translation of Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew Verbs

| Bar llan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

The present study is a linguistic analysis of the translations of some Biblical and Mishnaic verb forms into Ladino in Pirke Avot 'Ethics of the Fathers'. The liturgical Hebrew text includes both language layers, Biblical and Mishnaic. It is read by Sephardic Jewry from Passover to Pentecost a chapter a week, and has been translated into Ladino, the Judeo-Spanish calque-type language, in a variety of places since 1552. The article focuses on the morphological aspects of the translations. The results show that whereas Ladino translators opted for literal translations of the Biblical verses, they adopted freer renditions of the less sacred Mishnaic text. The differences stem from the difference in attitudes towards the sanctity of the two linguistic layers.

Article outline
  • Introduction: Pirke Avot and Its Ladino Translation
  • 1.Ladino Translations
  • 2.The Hebrew-Ladino Verb Systems Compared
    • 2.1.Hebrew Verb Forms
    • 2.2.The Ladino Verb System
  • 3.Expected Replacements
  • 4.The Findings
    • 4.1.Pā'al
    • 4.2.Yip'al
    • 4.3.Po'el
  • 5.Discussion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 1 January 1993
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