Translation deviations never once favored the Bantu people

Evidence

Storm points to numerous other deviations in translation, including omis- sions and new additions. Although the mistranslations may not be of the same magnitude throughout the text, “it might not be mere chance that in none of these cases the Bantu benefit from the translator’s deviations” (Storm 1993, p. 69). He goes on to present a seriatim account of what he considered to be ser- ious deviations, omissions, and additions in the English translation. Storm (1993, p. 75) concludes by making the following call: — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 361

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• QUESTION: That every mistranslation systematically disadvantaged the Bantu strains chance — worth investigating the ideological pattern Storm documents.

Related

• Translation into other languages distorted Bantu philosophical terms. (similarity 0.81)