Avoid English usage that differs from one place to another, so that only a spelling change would be necessary to create a British English version from the American English version. Make sure that the passage conveys the correct meaning when read aloud, as well as silently. Use the original units of measure in the main text, but provide modern measure equivalents in footnotes. Transliterate names, but provide footnotes of their meanings when first introduced. Use consistent names for places, but provide a footnote when the literal place name differs.
Structure prose like normal prose and poetry like poetry.
Make the text look like it is to be read as a whole, as opposed to a list of verses to be read individually. Mark chapters and verses clearly, but unobtrusively. Translators' notes should convey facts about the text or significant cross references, like the location of Old Testament scriptures quoted in the New Testament. Let no one person's personal views interfere the accurate presentation of God's Word. Reserve commentary and explanations for commentators and pastors and stick to translating the Word of God accurately in its own historical context.