Comments on: Blog reading level vs. translation preference

By: CD-Host

CD-Host — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:46:44 +0000

J.K Gayle –

I found the same thing. My blog was rated ungrad but my posts got a rating of Genius. However the interviews got a rating of High School. I’m not sure the tool really works that well I’d assume most blogs are highly non uniform in their complexity of language unless the author is actively trying to hold complexity down.

Anyway favorite bible translations: Brown & Comfort & REB.

I was however glad to see the most complex blog I read got a genius level for the whole blog

By: voxstefani

voxstefani — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:56:18 +0000

My blog is supposedly college post grad, and my preferred translations are the KJV, the REB, the NRSV, and the NASB.

By: J. K. Gayle

J. K. Gayle — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:34:40 +0000

Hmmm…
Any URL of any of my posts: “genius”;
but my blog’s URL “college (undergrad).”

Most interesting translation: GW;
but I also like four others not rated by any of the four sites you give:
J. B. Phillip’s NT;
Richmond Lattimore’s NT;
Willis Barnstone’s NT & Apocalypse;
Robert Funk’s (and his “Jesus” seminar’s) NT.

By: Jim Swindle

Jim Swindle — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:33:51 +0000

My blog is rated “Colleg Post-Grad.”
My preferred translation (of this year) is ESV, which is rated 10th grade by Christianbook.com.

By: Peter Kirk

Peter Kirk — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:18:51 +0000

As I think you already know, my blog is rated as high school reading level, and my favourite translation is TNIV.

By: Gary Zimmerli

Gary Zimmerli — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:46:08 +0000

My blog rated at “College Post-Grad”, and my preferred translations are the NASB and TNIV.

I made the point on my blog, I think, that maybe the reason I tend to use longer words and more complex sentence structure was due to long hours studying Paul’s letters in the NASB.

Recently I have been using these two translations almost side-by-side; the NASB for its faithfulness in translating accurately, and the TNIV for it’s clarity and ease of understanding. The two together are a great help to me.