On Modern Translations of the Scriptures into English
The present article deals with the problem of retranslation of the Bible into English. The artcle focuses on the versions created in the New English period. The author analyses modern translations of the Bible that were made in the XX- th century and that cater to special social and gender groups of modern society. The author claims that such translations are not altogether adequate since they mostly involve editing and adaptation of earlier versions of the text.