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Language technology for all: expanding digital opportunities
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Language technology for all: expanding digital opportunities

Jan 20, 2020

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Six representatives from SIL, Wycliffe’s key partner organization, recently attended the Language Technologies for All Conference (LT4All) at UNESCO Paris from Dec. 4-6, 2019. The SIL team joined participants from major technology platforms including Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM, Hanson Robotics,…

Kenya’s Samburu dedicate New Testament
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Kenya’s Samburu dedicate New Testament

Jan 20, 2020

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The Samburu of Kenya’s Rift Valley dedicated the New Testament in their language, as well as an accompanying dictionary, on Jan. 4 at Maralal Stadium in Samburu County.

Word Search: Becoming One With Jesus
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Word Search: Becoming One With Jesus

Jan 8, 2020

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In Tanzania, the Rangi translation team struggled to translate John 15:5. The phrase “to abide” wasn’t clear to Rangi speakers.

Translations Nearing Completion in Tanzania
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Translations Nearing Completion in Tanzania

Jan 8, 2020

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Another five language communities in the Mbeya region of Tanzania will soon have their own New Testament translations. Sixteen years ago, translation work began in six neighboring languages in this region, forming the Mbeya Cluster project. This project allowed different…

Anton’s Story
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Anton’s Story

Jan 6, 2020

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A dream gave Anton access to the Bible. Now it’s his dream to make sure others have the same opportunity to read, hear and know Scripture.

Wycliffe Celebrates Two Anniversaries in Asia
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Wycliffe Celebrates Two Anniversaries in Asia

Dec 18, 2019

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Wycliffe Singapore celebrated its 35th anniversary on Nov. 2, 2019 at Grace Baptist Church in Singapore. In a family event for ages 7 to 100, nearly 100 people gathered to mark the occasion while exploring ways to be involved in…

Called to Make the Word Clearer
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Called to Make the Word Clearer

Dec 17, 2019

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Bonifacio Paulo once thought God had called him to become a priest–but a “chance” meeting led him to invest his life in Bible translation.

“It Tastes So Good!”
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“It Tastes So Good!”

Dec 12, 2019

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Christmas was coming. On the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of West Africa, the Cape Verdean translation team was hard at work translating the Gospel of Luke into their mother tongue: Kabuverdianu. When they completed the first two chapters, they gave a copy to their pastor to review.

Word Search
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Word Search

Dec 6, 2019

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During a translation workshop in Papua New Guinea, team members in one project struggled to translate Peter’s description of false teachers in 2 Peter 2:17

A New Trail
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A New Trail

Nov 15, 2019

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After his wife died, Militon had a dream in which his wife appeared to him. “Don’t travel the trail that I’m travelling on now,” she told him.

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