Core Glossary

translation_memory.json is the enforced glossary for every Phase 2 translation in this curriculum. This document summarizes its shape and the principles behind it; see the Glossary Risk Groups for the full per-term entries.

Composition

The glossary currently holds 47 terms spanning all four risk tiers, drawn from the doctrines identified in Doctrine Analysis and grounded in the cultural risks identified in Culture Analysis. Every term entry records:

• The approved Manipuri (Bengali script) translation and transliteration
• The doctrine risk tier (Critical/High/Medium/Low)
• Explicitly rejected alternatives, with reasons drawn from either Sanamahism, Vaishnavism, or both
• Notes explaining any non-obvious translation choice

Governing principles

1. Established Manipuri Bible usage over invention — where the Bible Society of India’s Manipuri Bible already has a settled rendering (তেংবাং মপু, জিসু, মপু ইবুংগো, ক্রিস্তো), this glossary follows it rather than proposing an alternative.
2. Explicit rejection, not silent avoidance — every Critical-risk term records why the tempting alternative is wrong, whether that alternative comes from Vaishnavism (অবতার, মোক্ষ, কৃপা, ঠাকুর) or from Sanamahism (সানামাহি, bare থাওয়াই, maibi trance-power).
3. Dual-tradition discipline — this glossary never assumes a single tradition’s risk reasoning covers both audiences; several notes explicitly separate the Sanamahi-context risk from the Vaishnava-context risk for the same term.
4. Version-controlled and append-only in Phase 2 — if a new term is discovered during document translation, it is added to translation memory and the version number incremented, never silently improvised per-document.

Relationship to the Doctrine Risk Registry

Every glossary term’s doctrine field links back to an entry in doctrine_risk_registry.json, so a term’s risk tier is always traceable to the specific doctrine it protects — the glossary enforces vocabulary, the doctrine registry explains why that vocabulary matters.