Executive Summary — Luke 1–24 (English → French)

Why it matters

The TRI Phase 1 analysis extends the existing Romans French Language Package to the Gospel of Luke, anchored in the core passage Luc 4:16-21 — Jesus’ Nazareth synagogue announcement of his messianic, Spirit-anointed mission to the poor, the captive, the blind, and the oppressed. Luke’s narrative theology (compassion for outsiders, table fellowship with sinners, the Spirit’s continuous work from Israel’s prophets to Pentecost, and a denominationally fraught Institution Narrative) introduces fresh French-specific collision risks that go beyond what the Romans epistolary curriculum encountered. Every chapter (1–24) has been surveyed; no chapter was silently skipped.

Key findings

• 111 total glossary terms now govern Phase 2 translation: 40 inherited exactly from the Romans baseline (marked “inherited from Romans package,” unchanged) and 71 new terms introduced by Luke’s distinct vocabulary.
• 35 doctrines are tracked in the Luke doctrine risk registry, mapped chapter-by-chapter with zero coverage gaps.
• The core passage alone anchors 9 of the curriculum’s highest-stakes terms: the messianic anointing verb (“il m’a oint,” never the noun “onction”), the Spirit-of-the-Lord/Holy-Spirit continuity, the Jubilee-echoing “année de grâce du Seigneur,” and the dual-sense Greek aphesis (social “libération” vs. “pardon des péchés”) that structurally brackets the entire Gospel (4:18 → 24:47).
• Eleven passages require verbatim cross-document consistency (extending the Romans baseline’s three-passage table to eleven), including the faith-formula “ta foi t’a sauvée” (four occurrences), the “perdu/retrouvé” refrain (three parables), and the Institution Narrative.
• A dedicated cult-rendering exclusion list (Traduction du Monde Nouveau) has been documented and must be enforced at validation: comma-shifted 23:43, reinserted “Jéhovah” in NT citations, and “poteau de supplice” for the cross.

Risks

• 9 Critical-risk terms and 19 High-risk terms (28 total) in the translation memory require mandatory human theologian review — nearly double the density of Critical/High terms carried over from Romans, driven by Luke’s Institution Narrative, Son of Man Christology, and the Marian-dogma-adjacent “favored one” (1:28) collision.
• 21 of 35 doctrines (all Critical + all High) require mandatory human theologian review; 11 Medium-risk doctrines require native speaker review; only 3 Low-risk doctrines clear automated review alone.
• The single highest-consequence lexical fork in the curriculum is “nations” vs. “païens” (ethnē) at Luke 2:32 and 24:47: choosing the baseline’s default “païens” would sabotage the doctrine of “Jesus as Savior for All Nations and All People” at its two most programmatic texts.
• The Institution Narrative (22:19-20) and Justification by Faith (18:14) repeat the Romans baseline’s Trent-vs-Reformation flashpoint inside narrative rather than didactic text, where translators may feel freer to paraphrase for narrative flow — a new risk vector.
• Kingdom “in your midst” (17:21) is a genuinely disputed Greek preposition with real doctrinal consequence; French must commit to “au milieu de vous,” never “en vous.”

Opportunities

• Full reuse of the Romans baseline’s 40 relevant terms guarantees vocabulary continuity for learners moving between curricula — no re-derivation was needed or performed.
• France’s existing ecumenical translation register (TOB / Bible de Jérusalem) and its public “l’Ascension” holiday provide ready-made, culturally anchored touchpoints for teaching the Resurrection/Ascension doctrines.
• Segond 21 (S21) is confirmed as the recommended primary YouVersion reference version, balancing modern register with full continuity to the Segond theological vocabulary the baseline is already built on.
• The dual-sense aphesis wordplay (4:18 → 24:47), while a genuine lexical gap, becomes a teaching opportunity: it lets the curriculum explicitly connect Jesus’ opening manifesto to his closing commission as one continuous mission statement.

Recommended actions

1. Route all 28 Critical/High-risk terms and 21 Critical/High-risk doctrines to mandatory human theologian review before any Phase 2 segment touching them is marked approved.
2. Confirm and record the numeric YouVersion version ID for Segond 21 before generating any Phase 2 hyperlink; use the verified Louis Segond 1910 ID (93) only as an interim fallback.
3. Lock the eleven-passage cross-document consistency table (§ in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md) into Phase 2 tooling as a hard validation gate, not a style suggestion.
4. Add automated pre-submission checks rejecting any candidate segment matching known Traduction du Monde Nouveau renderings (23:43 comma shift; reinserted “Jéhovah”; “poteau de supplice”).
5. Brief all native-speaker and theologian reviewers on the two highest-frequency, highest-risk running distinctions in this Gospel: (a) “nations” vs. “païens” at every occurrence of ethnē, and (b) “libération” vs. “pardon des péchés” at every occurrence of aphesis — both require a context check, not a fixed default.
6. Carry forward the Romans baseline’s escalation, validation, and glossary-enforcement machinery unchanged for every shared term, per the extension (not replacement) principle governing this Language Package.

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This summary synthesizes analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md, analysis/08_core_glossary.md, assets/bible_term_registry.json, assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json, analysis/11_doctrine_analysis.md, analysis/04_comparative_theology.md, analysis/06_linguistic_gap_analysis.md, analysis/05_translation_landscape.md, assets/translation_memory.json, and analysis/12_ai_translation_requirements.md.