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Originally Posted by trevorjohnson  Ken:
It sounded like some were saying that it was all a matter of more royalties...i.e. this new ESV revision was merely a matter of greed. If anyone did state that, then this might be to impugn evil motives to this translation team or the publisher. |
I really have no idea why they revised the ESV. Money could be one of the reasons. Just by stating that fact does not imply anything. Stavinsky was not sinning when he 'revised' the Firebird Suite. He composed a monumental work of art and there was nothing wrong with getting paid for it. I have no problem with the translators of the ESV being paid for their labors. The thing with Stravinsky was that everyone knew why he did it. It was and is public knowledge that when you perform the 'new' Firebird Suite you keep the same markings as the original because the new ones were made just to make sure Stravinsky kept getting paid. (He lived to be an old man) Is this what the ESVers are doing? Do they just want to make sure they keep getting paid? There is nothing wrong with that if that is the case, but like Stravinsky, just be honest.
Once again, I do not know why they revised the ESV. I am hoping that someone on the board can tell us.