a sign to you (Luke 2:12)

The Greek in Luke 2:12 that is translated in many English versions as “this will be a sign to you” is translated with an existing figure of speech in Yagua, back-translated as “By it, you will know” (followed by a sign by which something will be known).

Source: Paul Powlison in Notes on Translation June 1979, p. 38-40.

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