Sign Bible: Expertise

Tue Nov 18 17:19:04 UTC 2008

Another Bible Translation resource is D.O.O.R. International (www.doorinternational.com 
). I recently joined DOOR to be a part of their translation work. In  
our translation projects, we work with national Deaf teams. We train  
them on how to translate the text, they work on the translation, and  
we work with them to refine it.  Several of our staff including me (4  
Deaf and 3 hearing - all hearing are fluent in at least one SL) are  
being trained as translation consultants so that we have the training  
to review Bible translations and provide feedback in what's called an  
exegetical check. The exegetical check checks whether or not the  
translation is an accurate reflection of the biblical text. We also  
assist in community checks from time to time. A community check is a  
process where you see if the translation is understood by other people  
in the community. These two checks are part of the process to make  
sure you have a translation that is CANA (Clear, Accurate, Natural,  
and Acceptable). Besides DOOR's work, I also have personal contacts  
with 4 other Bible translation projects and I have friends involved in  
several other organizations who work with Bible translation.

If I can help with questions, feel free to email me.

Thanks,

Stuart

On Nov 18, 2008, at 10:31 , MARIA AZZOPARDI wrote:

> Thank you Tim, as well!
> Every link helps. In fact I've made friends with a BSL interpreter  
> who is
> staying here in Malta and she directed me to this site. It's  
> wonderful and
> the project looks really organised. Do they intend to SignWrite a  
> little
> too? Are you involved in this? LSM is very similar to BSL.
>
> thanks again,
> Maria
>
>
>> There is also a project over here in the UK to translate the Bible  
>> for
>> BSL. You might be interested in looking at their website:
>> http://www.bslbible.org.uk/.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tim
>>
>> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:39:54 +0100 (CET)
>> "MARIA AZZOPARDI" <maria.azzopardi at um.edu.mt> wrote:
>>> Thank you for this Jonathan!
>>> I cling onto any help given and this is very interesting! :)
>>> I'll have a look at their site soon.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Maria
>>>
>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>>> From: MARIA AZZOPARDI <maria.azzopardi at um.edu.mt>
>>>>> To: SignWriting List <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 4:32:02 AM
>>>>> Subject: [sw-l] Sign Bible: Expertise
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi List,
>>>>>
>>>>> A question for all: I'm trying to trace down experts in sign  
>>>>> language
>>>>> Bible Translation. I'm thinking about starting a major  
>>>>> dissertation
>>> in
>>>>> this area, but there doesn't seem to be that much literature on  
>>>>> the
>>>>> subject. Any ideas, names etc will be of great help to me...
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks to you and I wish you all I lovely day :)
>>>>> Maria
>>>> Hi Maria,
>>>>    The WatchTower Bible and Tract Society does Bible Translation in
>>>> sign language.  I know for ASL they have finished translating  
>>>> Matthew
>>>> trough Acts.  I am unaware if they have translated the Bible into  
>>>> any
>>>> other sign languages yet or not.
>>>>    Their website is www.watchtower.org.
>>>>
>>>> This past month the tract "Would you like to know the truth?" was
>>> posted
>>>> on their site in many sign languages.  It includes several  
>>>> scriptures.
>>>> I believe it's the the first time, IÂ´ve seen the same article
>>> translated
>>>> into so many sign languages.   ItÂ´s been fun looking at other sign
>>>> languages even though I don't understand everything that is being
>>>> signed.  http://watchtower.org/e/sign.htm
>>>>
>>>> If you want to contact them their contact page is
>>>> https://watch002.securesites.net/contact/submit.htm or write to a
>>> branch
>>>> near you, the addresses appear in the Watchtower magazine.
>>>>
>>>> I hope this helps with your dissertation
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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