In Telugu different verbs for humans drinking and animals drinking are required.
age of Samaritan woman at the well
In Kuy the term the woman uses for what is translated in English as “sir” implies that she was older than Jesus (see verse 4:11), and the term Jesus uses for what is translated in English as “woman” in verse 4:21 reflects this, as he addresses her as “younger aunt.”
go up vs. go down
In Kuy it is necessary to say “go up” when traveling south or east, so although going from Jerusalem into Judea meant losing altitude, the Kuy translation says here that Jesus and the disciples “went up” to Judea.
first person possessive pronouns (John 2:16)
In Khmer the possessive “my” can be rendered in more than one way, so for the Khmer Standard Version (2005) the choice for this verse was made of a term that indicates Jesus’ displeasure.
greater, ranking ahead
The phrase that is translated as “greater than I am” or “ranks ahead of me” is translated in Pwo Karen as “bigger and taller than me.”
adulterer
The Greek that is translated as “adulterer” in English would imply “I only take unmarried girls” in Telugu, so it was necessary to be more generic and say “I don’t go after other women” (source: David Clark).
In Central Subanen an “adulterer” is “one who can’t be trusted” (source: Bratcher / Nida).
See also adulteress and adultery.
starve
In Mekeo “starve” is rendered as “I am seeing only the food of the dead.”
famine
In Fuyug, “famine” is expressed as “drought.”