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OET (OET-LV) And was_seen another sign in the heaven:
and see, a_dragon red great having seven heads, and ten horns, and on the heads of_him seven crowns,
OET (OET-RV) Another miraculous sign appeared in heaven, and wow, a huge, red dinosaur with seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ὤφθη ἄλλο σημεῖον
/was/_seen another sign
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “people saw another sign”
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
δράκων πυρρός μέγας
/a/_dragon (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ὤφθη ἄλλο σημεῖον ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ ἰδοὺ δράκων πυρρὸς μέγας ἔχων κεφαλὰς ἑπτὰ καὶ κέρατα δέκα καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτοῦ ἑπτὰ διαδήματα)
A dragon is a mythical monster that looks like a giant reptile. As 12:9 explains, in this book the dragon represents the devil. If your readers would not be familiar with what a dragon is, you could use a general expression in your translation. Alternate translation: “a large red monster”
12:1-17 Satan (pictured as a dragon) plots to challenge God’s purposes but is thwarted. Having failed in direct confrontation with God and Christ, he attempts to attack God’s people. Three brief scenes present an overview of the story (12:1-6), followed by elaborations of the war in heaven (12:7-9) and the war on earth (12:13-17).
OET (OET-LV) And was_seen another sign in the heaven:
and see, a_dragon red great having seven heads, and ten horns, and on the heads of_him seven crowns,
OET (OET-RV) Another miraculous sign appeared in heaven, and wow, a huge, red dinosaur with seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.