What do jackals and sea monsters have in common? We survey some of the fascinating translation history of the Hebrew word tanin/tanim, and talk about the importance of having a theology of Creation. 

Book mentioned: All the Animals of the Bible Lands.

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In this episode we talk to the Chief Innovation Development Officer of SIL about some of the dimensions of his job. Thank you, Steve!

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It's already difficult enough to understand what "the knowledge of good and evil" actually means, but what do you do when you have to translate it into another language? In this episode we discuss this challenge, along with more on the image of God.

Chris Lim joins us for a conversation about how faith and technology can be integrated to further the Kingdom of God and advance Bible translation. He is the co-founder and CEO of Theotec which has developed a service called spf.io.  He has his own podcast, and you can listen to the episode we mention on a second Reformation here. He will be one of the main speakers at the Global Missional AI Summit in Spring 2021 in Holland. He's also the creator of the Ceaseless prayer app.

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What is it like to go on a checking trip as a consultant in training? Nathan Michael shares some of his experience and takeaways. 

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We're back after a brief hiatus, to talk about the challenges of translating "image of God" and other things in the first chapters of Genesis. These primeval accounts provide some of the richest insights as well as some of the most difficult obstacles for translating into other languages in a way that encapsulates all the connotations of the original language.

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Today we finish the series on Oral Scripture Adaptation with a fascinating look at all the parallels between Fang and OT culture we discovered throughout the process. This is one of my favorite things to share with people.

Music by Canuto Ngui "Nfumayong" from Equatorial Guinea.

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Lucas Ardelean, a language enthusiast and ESL teacher, shares his story about how he almost gave up on learning his first language through immersion, and what helped him finally have a successful learning experience.  He shares mistakes he made, gives advice on how to learn a new language, and provides some helpful resources. Thank you, Lucas!

Language Learners Triangle

Develop a learning lifestyle

Turn every aspect of life into a language and culture learning exercise.

Approaching a language

Books

Apps

Some Definitions

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Here are some of the things I reference in the episode:

Make It Free: Improving Online Effectiveness by Removing All Barriers to Accessing and Sharing Content and the follow-up article

From Orality to Orality: A New Paradigm for Contextual Translation of the Bible

Audio-Based Translation: Communicating Biblical Scriptures to Non-Literate People

Money, Possessions, and Eternity by Randy Alcorn

LightStream Pocket

*I apologize for how the audio has glitches about half way through. My computer went haywire. Must be the virus.  

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We continue the story, talk a little about why oral Bible translation matters, and listen to some more cool samples.  Here's a video of how we did the sound effects for the recording of the Exodus. If you're curious, you can download and listen to the first part of Genesis that we produced here.  And all of the audio Scripture we produced can be accessed on this Facebook page.

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