dynamic equivalence: a method of translation or a system

principles as a part of its translation method and to weigh whether itshould be termed a method of translation or a system of hermeneutics.Eugene A. Nida, who probably has earned the title of "the father ofdynamic equiva-lence," though he more recently has chosen to call theprocess "functional equivalence," 4 sees hermeneutics as entirelyseparate from dynamic-equivalence translation procedures, 5 but doesso on the basis of a novel understanding of hermeneutics. He definesthe field of hermeneutics as that which points out parallels betweenthe biblical message and present-day events and determines the extentof relevance and the appropriate response for the believer. 64J. de Waard and E. A. Nida, From One Language to Another, Functional Equivalencein Bible Translating (Nashville: Nelson, 1986) vii-viii. The authors mean nothingdifferent from what Nida intended by "dynamic equivalence" in his Toward a Scienceof Translating, but have opted for the new terminology because of a misunderstandingof the older expression and because of abuses of the principle of dynamic equivalenceby some translators.5E. A. Nida and W. D. Reyburn, Meaning Across Culture (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis,1981) 30.6Ibid.151