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Eugene Nida

1914 - 2011

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Eugene Albert Nida (November 11, 1914 – August 25, 2011) was an American linguist who developed the dynamic equivalence theory of Bible translation and is considered one of the founders of modern translation studies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugene Nida has received more than 332,497 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Eugene Nida is the 1,954th most popular writer (down from 1,601st in 2019), the 2,474th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,090th in 2019) and the 219th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A synopsis of English syntax
1960
Religion Across Cultures
1979
Bible translating
1947
Gods Word in Mans Language
1973
Morphology, the descriptive analysis of words
Grammar, Comparative and general
1944
Message and Mission
Religion
1990
Bible translating
Bible, Hermeneutics, Versions
1947
The theory and practice of translation
Bible, Translating, Bible, translating
1969
Toward a science of translating
Translating, Translating and interpreting, Bible
1964
A synopsis of English syntax
English language, Syntax
1960
A synopsis of English syntax
1900
Learning a foreign language
Study and teaching, Language and languages, Fremdsprachenlernen
1950
A synopsis of English syntax
1900
Learning a foreign language
Study and teaching, Language and languages, Fremdsprachenlernen
1950
The theory and practice of translation
Bible, Translating, Bible, translating
1969
Toward a science of translating
Translating, Translating and interpreting, Bible
1964
Bible translating
Bible, Hermeneutics, Versions
1947
A synopsis of English syntax
English language, Syntax
1960

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eugene Nida ranks 1,954 out of 7,302. Before him are Eugenio Barba, Jane Jacobs, Margarete Buber-Neumann, Denis Fonvizin, Thomas Merton, and Movses Kaghankatvatsi. After him are Albert Memmi, Anthony Trollope, Ion Druță, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Sæmundr fróði, and Pir Sultan Abdal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Eugene Nida ranks 96. Before him are Carlos Castillo Armas, Annie Fischer, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Marcel Bich, Nicanor Parra, and J. Lee Thompson. After him are Bill Finger, Birabongse Bhanudej, Jens Otto Krag, Edward Schillebeeckx, Álvaro del Portillo, and Alberto Lattuada. Among people deceased in 2011, Eugene Nida ranks 99. Before him are Cy Twombly, Frans Sammut, Ján Popluhár, Robert Brout, Jesús María Pereda, and Loriot. After him are Christopher Hitchens, Maria Altmann, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Bernard Collomb, Roland Petit, and Charles Napier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eugene Nida ranks 2,474 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Benton (1932), Randolph Scott (1898), Gerard Damiano (1928), Sundance Kid (1867), Mimi Rogers (1956), and Joseph Stilwell (1883). After him are Eric F. Wieschaus (1947), James Whitmore (1921), Geraldine Page (1924), Jerry Orbach (1935), Jamie Foxx (1967), and Frank Grillo (1965).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Eugene Nida ranks 219. Before him are Nora Ephron (1941), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Robert James Waller (1939), Nicholas Sparks (1965), and Jane Jacobs (1916). After him are Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), Cornell Woolrich (1903), Richard Brautigan (1935), Bob Woodward (1943), Tom Wolfe (1930), and Erle Stanley Gardner (1889).

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