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 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 Romanian translation
• The doctrine risk tier (Critical/High/Medium/Low)
• Explicitly rejected alternatives, with reasons specific to Orthodox theosis/synergy theology, saint veneration, or Orthodox-Evangelical translation-tradition divergence
• Notes explaining any non-obvious translation choice

Governing principles

1. Established usage over invention — where the Synodal Bible already has a settled rendering (mântuire, har, Duhul Sfânt), this glossary follows it rather than proposing an alternative, while flagging Cornilescu-tradition variants (Isus for Iisus) where they diverge.
2. Explicit theological disambiguation, not silent avoidance — because Romanian vocabulary is shared across Orthodox and Evangelical traditions with different underlying theological systems, every Critical-risk term records why the shared word carries divergent theological content (see Comparative Theology), so a translator or reviewer understands the theological history rather than just following a rule.
3. 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 and its doctrinal freight, the doctrine registry explains why that vocabulary matters.