Translation teams sharpen their skills
Missionaries Chuck and Carol Kaptain arrived in Senegal earlier this month. Chuck immediately began filling in as "fix-it man" doing projects at the mission guest home and Carol started preparing for a 12-day translation seminar.
Eight teams of missionaries and their tribal translation co-workers arrived from various places around the world to learn translation principles and procedures.
Paul Cheshire, a missionary experienced in Bible translation, was scheduled to work with Carol at the seminar but his flight was delayed for several days. Carol began teaching the seminar while waiting for Paul to arrive.
"The first few days of the workshop, which we had to start without [Paul] were very challenging for me" wrote Carol. "As you can imagine, I was very glad to see Paul when he arrived--and we are both very busy."
The workshop begins each morning with a DVD lecture on translation principles and then Paul and Carol work with each of the teams to help them apply what they are learning.
The goal is for each team to produce a first draft of Genesis 37 by the end of the week. Pray that the tribal teams will learn the principles being taught and that the Scripture translations will be clear and understandable. Pray also for Paul and Carol as they help the translation teams better understand the methods and procedures for translating the Bible.
Eight teams of missionaries and their tribal translation co-workers arrived from various places around the world to learn translation principles and procedures.
Paul Cheshire, a missionary experienced in Bible translation, was scheduled to work with Carol at the seminar but his flight was delayed for several days. Carol began teaching the seminar while waiting for Paul to arrive.
"The first few days of the workshop, which we had to start without [Paul] were very challenging for me" wrote Carol. "As you can imagine, I was very glad to see Paul when he arrived--and we are both very busy."
The workshop begins each morning with a DVD lecture on translation principles and then Paul and Carol work with each of the teams to help them apply what they are learning.
The goal is for each team to produce a first draft of Genesis 37 by the end of the week. Pray that the tribal teams will learn the principles being taught and that the Scripture translations will be clear and understandable. Pray also for Paul and Carol as they help the translation teams better understand the methods and procedures for translating the Bible.