Bible Translation Mission

Wycliffe

Mission of translators of the Bible "Wycliffe" is an international mission aimed at translating the Bible into all languages ​​of the world.

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Founded in 1942 by missionary Cameron Townsend.
The purpose of the mission is to spread the Good News through the translation of the Bible into all languages ​​of the world.

Missionaries work in Asia and Africa in the following areas:

1. Bible translation.
2. Teaching local people literacy, writing and reading.
3. Help spread and study the Scriptures.
4. Linguistic research.

Wycliffe Bible Translators Mission:

1. Prepares missionaries, directs them to teach linguistics, principles and techniques of translation.
2. Send missionaries to the ministry.
3. Helps to keep missionaries in touch with their churches.
4. Finds teachers for missionary children.
5. Represents the ministry of Bible translators to churches, organizations and the public.

Institute for Bible Translation

An organization that translates the Bible into the languages of small nations. A huge number of translations have been made, many translations in the process, but the translated part of the Scripture can now be downloaded from the site in PDF, for a mobile phone, as a module for its own program.
There is a version online.
All versions of translations go with the notations, a number with small dictionaries - glossaries.

All translations are freely and openly distributed.

IPB works in cooperation and under the scientific and methodological guidance of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The activities of the IPB are held with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia in cooperation with the Patriarchal Synodal Bible Commission (PSBK).

Types of publications

• The Bible and its parts;
• Biblical stories for children with color illustrations;
• auxiliary and analytical literature in the field of biblical studies.

Principles. Partners.

The principles and procedures for translation correspond to the requirements of the International Forum of Bible Organizations (FBAI), of which the IBA is a member. The IBI works in partnership with two of the largest international organizations involved in the translation of the Bible - SIL and United Bible Societies (UBS), as well as in a number of projects with national Bible societies and the Pioneer Bible Tranlators (PBT).

Translation

The IPB is working on translating the Bible and its parts into the languages ​​of 65 non-Slavic peoples of Russia and other CIS countries. The Institute unites dozens of linguists, philologists and biblical scholars - specialists of various national and confessional affiliation from all CIS countries. Texts of translations undergo various stages of checks and editing, and are also tested by native speakers.

Training

Due to the specific nature of its activities, the IBP, unlike other scientific institutions, does not have ready scientific personnel to perform the basic function of translating the Bible into the languages ​​of the peoples of the CIS countries. One of the forms of the Institute's work is the organization of seminars for Bible translators and editors for the purpose of their education, counseling and exchange of scientific experience.

Scientific work

The IPB organizes and conducts international conferences, colloquiums and meetings on the subject of its activities, which results in the publication of proceedings; Prepares methodological guides for translators; Publishes an auxiliary and analytical literature on biblical studies.

Publishing

IPB is a publishing house and produces pre-press preparation of texts of translations, illustrations, geographic maps; The design of covers, carries out communication with printing houses.

Dissemination

IPA carries out charity projects for the distribution of publications, which includes planning and coordinating the circulation of Bible translations, organizing the delivery and storage of finished publications; Communication with distributors and readers.

Information development

IPI conducts presentations of its publications, regularly publishes articles, press releases in the media and in the news section of the website, publishes the newsletter "News of Bible Translation," places translations in PDF format on the web- Website, etc.