How to Choose the Right Bible Translation for You

How are we supposed to discern whether newer translations such as the Passion translation or even the Bible for everyone are accurate without ourselves having prior knowledge of the original languages? I've tried in mind to stick as close to the text as I can, recognizing that many words don't have a one-on-one correspondence. Of course, we are in a funny situation now because there are more English translations now than ever before. Some of those translations are not actually translations, but paraphrases. And anything that juggles us out of familiarity, that's the thing.