<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>After centuries of celebrating the divine services only in German language, the Evangelical Church A. C. in Romania (ECR) embarked during the last few decades on the use of a second language within church. The traditional “Evangelical-Saxon” identity of the congregations is undergoing a changing process. Having lost most of its members through emigration, the Evangelical Church A. C. in Romania copes with new social circumstances which have also an effect upon the choice of language. Therefore, in 2007, the ECR published a bilingual (German and Romanian) hymnal. Translating hymns is an intricate endeavour. The practical use of a bilingual hymn-book is challenging as well. The German-Romanian Evangelical hymnal is a witness of how the diaspora church accommodates itself to new linguistic conditions.</p></abstract>

After centuries of celebrating the divine services only in German language, the Evangelical Church A. C. in Romania (ECR) embarked during the last few decades on the use of a second language within church. The traditional “Evangelical-Saxon” identity of the congregations is undergoing a changing process. Having lost most of its members through emigration, the Evangelical Church A. C. in Romania copes with new social circumstances which have also an effect upon the choice of language. Therefore, in 2007, the ECR published a bilingual (German and Romanian) hymnal. Translating hymns is an intricate endeavour. The practical use of a bilingual hymn-book is challenging as well. The German-Romanian Evangelical hymnal is a witness of how the diaspora church accommodates itself to new linguistic conditions.

The Translation of German Hymns into Romanian Between Poetry and Pragmatism

Gerhild Ingrid Rudolf, Leiterin des Begegnungs- und Kulturzentrum Friedrich Teutsch, TEUTSCH-HAUS der Evangelischen Kirche A.B. in Rumänien, Doktorandin der Lucian Blaga Universität Sibiu. Adresse: Str. Mitropoliei 30, 550179 Sibiu, Rumänien

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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The Bilingual Hymnal of the Evangelical Church A. C. in Romania of 2007

After centuries of celebrating the divine services only in German language, the Evangelical Church A. C. in Romania (ECR) embarked during the last few decades...

The Translation of German Hymns into Romanian Between Poetry and Pragmatism

Published Online: May 28, 2016

Page range: 85 - 99

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2016-0006

Keywords
Evangelical Church A. C. in Romania, hymnal, language, translation, German, Romanian, bilingual, sociolinguistics

© 2016 Gerhild Ingrid Rudolf, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Translation of German Hymns into Romanian Between Poetry and Pragmatism

Published Online: May 28, 2016

Page range: 85 - 99

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2016-0006

KeywordsEvangelical Church A. C. in Romania, hymnal, language, translation, German, Romanian, bilingual, sociolinguistics

© 2016 Gerhild Ingrid Rudolf, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Evangelical Church A. C. in Romania, hymnal, language, translation, German, Romanian, bilingual, sociolinguistics