by Dr. Troy Manning  Daniel Telfort came from Haiti for the Creole O.T. Workshop
1. The translator needs to reflect accurately the target language. The translator must have constant, current exposure to and participation in that language as well as ready access to other speakers of his language so that he can learn unfamiliar vocabulary and test his completed translation. During the consultant workshop, the language helpers are also invaluable because the translation team may not know how to resolve a difficulty on their own and can immediately call on the helpers for assistance.
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Poised for Publication—the Falam Chin New Testament Myanmar—a land of abundant natural beauty, while also a land of abundant spiritual challenges. Formerly known as Burma, Myanmar is situated on the Bay of Bengal, bordered by China, Laos, Thailand, Bangladesh and India. It is the largest country on the mainland of Southeast Asia. One of its defining characteristics is its long history of Buddhism.
It is into such a landscape—culturally, geographically, religiously, and socially—that Bibles International entered at the request of Asian nationals and found a crack in the fertile soil in which to plant its translation processes. Since 1986 Bibles International has worked alongside people of Burma, helping them translate Scriptures into their ethnic languages. In spite of severe deprivation following Cyclone Nargis, believers there have a passionate love for the Lord and are eager to pursue the goal toward which they have worked during the past two decades, the goal of having mother-tongue Scriptures in the languages of the people of Burma. |
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