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1. Clear
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1. Understandable to the modern speaker
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1. Is the text understandable to the modern listener?
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2. Faithful
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1. No distortions of the meaning of the scripture
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1. Did the translation distort the meaning of Scripture?
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3. Natural
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1. The text reads naturally
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1. Is it natural to read the text?