Great example of Bible translation principles: James 3 talks about how the tongue is like a very small fire that can start a huge forest fire. That makes NO sense here in Vanuatu, where you could pour gasoline on the forest and it would... https://t.co/U2rDMhcmN0
In #Motalava: verbs, adjectives and nouns can all take tense/aspect/mood. That is, they can all function like a verb: He (past.tense)-man = He already-became a man. Same for adjectives: He (past.tense)-fat = He already-became fat.
Reviewing my #Motalava before starting work in the #Banks and #Torres, via Alex Francois (https://t.co/u7ik6f9T4c), for example the use of directionals (up/down-hither/thither-inland/shoreward) with verbs, see the interesting paper at https://t.co/D7GkyOtufU
Met some wonderful Banks and Torres people at Mango Station in #Santo, #Vanuatu. Will begin work soon on several languages. Working with https://t.co/gUv5nxWcCP to produce illustrated Bible portions.
Bible translation's progress can be measured by chapters, verses and testaments, of course. But the deeper progress of our work is best measured in people's stories. When they receive God's Word, He creates observable change in their lives.
Major milestone in an https://t.co/DOsFvAg65P Bible translation project: I'm just starting a #Bislama (#Vanuatu) module and I had my first verse for which no changes were required in my grammar/lexicon! After a few chapters this will be common, but the first time is special.
"The audio version of our NT, I believe, has brought new hope to our people because I know that our people are not very good in reading" says Jacob Bess, an OT translator and project coordinator for the Mwaghavul team in Nigeria. 🇳🇬 READ: https://t.co/zImmzuuqS3