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November 9, 2020

The Bible has been translated into over 700 languages

Estimated reading time: 1 minute For the first time, the Bible has been fully translated into over 700 different languages. This means that just over 5.7 billion people (about 80% of the world’s population) can now read the Bible in[…]

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November 2, 2020

The Bible has been translated into sign language

Estimated reading time: 1 minute After 39 years, the work of 53 translators is complete. A translation of the entire Bible into American Sign Language (ASL). Jehovah’s Witnesses are the first organization to write the Bible into ASL. In the[…]

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October 5, 2020

International Translation Day

Estimated reading time: 1 minute Every year, translators, interpreters, and terminologists celebrate International Translation Day on September 30. The day also marks the feast of St. Jerome, the translator of the Bible, who is considered the patron saint of translators.[…]

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August 27, 2018

What is the history of translation?

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The first written translations were those in the Bible and biblical texts translated by Hebrews into their own language, since the Hebrew language was not used. In the 3rd century BC, Ptolemy Philadelphus, pharaoh of[…]