village

The Hebrew and Greek that is translated as “village” or “town” in English is translated in Noongar as karlamaya or “fire (used for “home“) + houses” (source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang).

Judah, Judea

The name that is transliterated as “Judah” or “Judea” in English (referring to the son of Jacob, the tribe, and the territory) is translated in Spanish Sign Language as “lion” (referring to Genesis 49:9 and Revelation 5:5). This sign for lion is reserved for regions and kingdoms. (Source: John Elwode in The Bible Translator 2008, p. 78ff. and Steve Parkhurst)


“Judah” and “Judea” in Spanish Sign Language, source: Sociedad Bíblica de España

See also Judah.

Translation commentary on 1 Maccabees 5:8

He also took Jazer and its villages; then he returned to Judea: The word also is not necessary. Translators may begin this verse simply with “Judas and his soldiers captured….” Jazer was a town in Ammon; its exact location is not known. And its villages is literally “and her daughters,” but this is an idiom for the outlying villages surrounding the town. Villages will be expressed in some languages as “small groups of houses with fences around them.” Good News Bible‘s model for the verse is a good one.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Maccabees. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2011. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.