Core Glossary

This curriculum’s glossary covers 47 terms drawn from Romans 1-16, each recorded in full in translation_memory.json with its approved Vietnamese rendering, transliteration, doctrine link, risk tier, and rejected alternatives.

Highest-priority terms for translator onboarding

Before translating any Romans segment, translators should be drilled on the eight Critical-risk terms first, since these carry the highest cost of error and the most tempting false-friend alternatives:

Term	Approved	Never use
Salvation	sự cứu rỗi	sự giải thoát
Resurrection	sự sống lại	đầu thai / luân hồi
Incarnation	Ngôi Lời trở nên xác thịt	hóa thân (alone)
Son of God	Con Đức Chúa Trời	—
Holy Spirit	Đức Thánh Linh	thần linh (alone)
Intercession	sự cầu thay	cầu xin tổ tiên (unexplained)
Jesus	Đức Chúa Giê-xu	—
Imputed Righteousness	sự công bình được kể cho	công đức tích lũy

Glossary structure

The full glossary is bucketed by risk tier in the published bundle (glossary/risk-groups/), Critical first, so reviewers can prioritize their attention. Each entry records the doctrine it supports, so a reviewer flagged on a doctrine (e.g. Resurrection of Christ) can immediately see every term tied to that doctrine.

Maintenance note

Any new term encountered during Phase 2 translation that is not yet in this glossary must be added to translation_memory.json before the segment is finalized, following the same fields and risk-assessment process documented in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md.