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Formal Equivalence

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Dynamic and formal equivalence are two methods or styles used to convert source text (e.g. Hebrew or Greek) into another language (e.g. English).

The formal equivalence method (also known as a literal translation) attempts to translate the source text WORD for WORD into another language.

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