{"id":1388,"date":"2011-08-27T10:25:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T17:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2012-12-13T17:55:52","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T01:55:52","slug":"the-new-translation-part-2-poetry-in-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-new-translation-part-2-poetry-in-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Translation Part 2: Poetry in Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span>his is the second installment in a series of short articles<\/a> I wrote\/adapted\/edited for my parish bulletin. I will publish the others as they they appear.<\/p>\n

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As we learned in the last installment<\/a>, a new translation of the Mass is coming, starting in Advent. Back in 2000, Blessed Pope John Paul II issued the third edition of the Roman Missal, the ritual text for the celebration of the Mass. After more than ten years of consultation and work, the new English translation of the text is finally ready.<\/p>\n

In future bulletins, we will go through the changes to the peoples\u2019 parts one by one, but for now we\u2019re going to take a look at the translation as a whole. What\u2019s different?<\/p>\n

The structure of the Mass remains unchanged in the new edition. However, the translation of the prayers is changing to more closely reflect the original Latin texts. In some cases, new options for prayers are available, and some old options may no longer be present.<\/p>\n

The translators were asked to make the English texts more closely follow the Latin original. As a result, the wording is more formal and a bit more complex than ordinary conversation.<\/p>\n

They did this for three main reasons: <\/p>\n