What is Language Survey?

07/15/22 • 34 min

In this episode, we're talking with Jed Carter, a language surveyist working in Papua New Guinea. He shares with us that, although the work of language survey is necessarily research-oriented, it also must be very relational in order to be successful.
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Engaging Diaspora Communities

People all over the world are moving away from their language communities to find safety or simply for more opportunities. This diaspora is allowing access to languages that would otherwise be unreachable by outsiders. In this episode we are talking with Trevor Deck and Sunny Hong about how we can engage this diaspora communities to help with Bible translation and to train them as missionaries to their own people. This is one way that we can take advantage of strategic opportunities that are available for successful Bible translation projects around the world.

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Oral Bible Translation with Kris Toler

This month's episode covers Oral Bible Translation, the method of translation that maintains an oral format in order to put the Bible out in an audio format. This is different than oral story-telling! In our discussion with Kris Toler, we talk about the advantages this method brings, including a more natural-sounding translation, as well as some of the aspects that are still being studied. We hope that this will continue to broaden your understanding of what Bible translation can look like in different contexts.
Show Links:
Overview of the Oral Translation Process
Kris Toler's Thesis on Oral Bible Translation
Questions to ask when considering Oral Bible Translation
An example of how an audio presentation can convey more than written - throat singing in Mongolia

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