US researchers use AI to help translate Bible into very rare languages
United StatesRNS Out of the 7,100 languages that exist, the Bible has been translated into more than 700, making it the most-translated book in the world. Yet, those remaining languages – many of them extremely rare – have vexed Bible translators for decades. Two scientists are looking to new advancements in artificial intelligence to help […]
Stanley Rother: $US50 million shrine to honour slain priest, first US Catholic martyr
BOBBY ROSS, JR, writing for Associated Press, reports from Oklahoma City ahead of the official opening of a shrine dedicated to Stanley Rother, a missionary from Oklahoma, who was killed in Guatemala in 1981…
Postcards: No-stress Scripture – Nigerian Christians relish Pidgin Bible
ANGELA UKOMADU, of Reuters, reports on how a new Bible translation is helping some in Nigeria access Scripture…
Essay: Five ways COVID-19 has impacted Bible translation
TIM NEU, interim president and CEO of Bible translation organisation Wycliffe Associates, looks at how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the work of those involved in translating the Bible around the world…
ESSAY: ‘IMAGINE ZERO’ – ELIMINATING “BIBLE POVERTY”
MARK MATLOCK, facilitor of the US-based Bible translation support mission Seed Company’s ‘Imagine Zero’ summits, talks about how the new campaign aims to work with churches in taking God’s Word to every person in the world…
Wycliffe looks to begin translations for 10 previously unknown language groups
Bible translation organisation Wycliffe Associates has said it is about to begin work in translating the Scriptures for 10 previously unknown language groups of people living in the Middle East and parts of Asia. The US-based organisation says the groups, which have very few Christians, don’t, as yet, have any of the Bible translated into their […]
CASTING THE NET: SCRIPTURE EARTH
DAVID ADAMS on a website that aims to help immigrant communities access Scriptures in their “heart language”…
Wycliffe Associates plans to launch 30 new Scripture translations in Middle East in 45 days
US-based Bible translation organisation Wycliffe Associates aims to launch as many as 30 new Scripture translations in the Middle East over the next 45 days. The organisation, which needs to raise $US19,500 for each language, said as many as 150 language groups in the region still don’t have a Bible translation. They add that the ambitious […]
Some 30 language groups – 95 million people – received Scriptures in native tongue for first time in 2016, says United Bible Societies
BIBLE TRANSLATION AROUND THE WORLD: Some 3,655 languages still have no Scriptures in their language according to the latest UBS report. GRAPHIC: United Bible Societies. Lumasaaba speakers of Uganda, Mongondow speakers of Indonesia and Inupiaq speakers of Canada were among 30 different language groups, accounting for some 95 million people, that received at least […]
BIBLE TRANSLATION: NEW TECHNOLOGIES HELP KEEP TRANSLATORS SAFE
BosNewsLife reports on how one of the world’s leading Bible translators is using technology to keep translators safe in areas where Christians face persecution…