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  2. Literal Standard Version - Wikipedia

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    The Literal Standard Version (LSV) is a Modern English translation of the Bible with a number of distinctive features. It describes itself as the most literal translation of the Bible into the modern English language. [1] The first edition was published on February 2, 2020. [2] [3]

  3. Plain meaning rule - Wikipedia

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    The plain meaning rule attempts to guide courts faced with litigation that turns on the meaning of a term not defined by the statute, or on that of a word found within a definition itself. According to the plain meaning rule, absent a contrary definition within the statute, words must be given their plain, ordinary and literal meaning.

  4. Literal translation - Wikipedia

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    Literal translation, direct translation, or word-for-word translation is the translation of a text done by translating each word separately without analysing how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence. [1] In translation theory, another term for literal translation is metaphrase (as opposed to paraphrase for an analogous translation).

  5. Literal and figurative language - Wikipedia

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    Literal language is the usage of words exactly according to their direct, straightforward, or conventionally accepted meanings: their denotation. Figurative (or non-literal ) language is the usage of words in a way that deviates from their conventionally accepted definitions in order to convey a more complex meaning or a heightened effect. [ 1 ]

  6. Literal - Wikipedia

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    Literal may refer to: Interpretation of legal concepts: Strict constructionism; The plain meaning rule (a.k.a. "literal rule") Literal (mathematical logic), certain logical roles taken by propositions; Literal (computer programming), a fixed value in a program's source code; Biblical literalism; Titled works: Literal

  7. Young's Literal Translation - Wikipedia

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    The Literal Translation is, as the name implies, a very literal translation of the original Hebrew and Greek texts. The Preface to the Second Edition states: If a translation gives a present tense when the original gives a past, or a past when it has a present; a perfect for a future, or a future for a perfect; an a for a the, or a the for an a; an imperative for a subjunctive, or a ...

  8. Substantial similarity - Wikipedia

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    The substantial similarity standard is used for all kinds of copyrighted subject matter: books, photographs, plays, music, software, etc. It may also cross media, as in Rogers v. Koons, where a sculptor was found to have infringed on a photograph. [1] [page needed] Substantial similarity is a question of fact that is decided by a jury.

  9. Literal (computer programming) - Wikipedia

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    In computer science, a literal is a textual representation (notation) of a value as it is written in source code. [1] [2] Almost all programming languages have notations for atomic values such as integers, floating-point numbers, and strings, and usually for Booleans and characters; some also have notations for elements of enumerated types and compound values such as arrays, records, and objects.