autumn nature walks & the transcendent class

If you ever get the chance (if you haven't taken the chance yet), you should take Theory & Practice of Translation at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics. Adam's the associate instructor for the course this time around, so he will get to lecture for some of the sessions and help out the course head in other ways.

As Adam has headed off for class in the mornings, I've reminisced about my experience taking the Translation course some eleven years ago. Some days the sense of the seriousness of the Bible translation task, the awe at the content of Scriptures and at the thought of how much wisdom is needed to translate it beautifully, clearly, accurately...sometimes that and more would leave the whole class sitting in a hushed silence at the end of the class hour.

And I hope those who take it now feel that same sense of joy and responsibility I felt then, and still feel, about being part of translating the word of God into languages around the world. A solemn, yet wonderful, task!

Meanwhile, our autumn days of homeschooling in cooling-down Dallas are now including plentiful nature walks through the Texas woods. These are favorite activities of mine and, I think, of my students as well. The leaf colors in Texas are not as fiery and impressive as those of northern trees, but when we look hard enough we still find some pretty red and yellow ones.