I just want to share my feedback on the professional and well-presented 30 days of DBT training of May 2019 in Nigeria. At first, I was agitated – this being our first experience. But glory be to God! The DBT training was completely awesome. The fact that almost everyone had Read more…
In Greek we learned how to read and write the Greek letters, but also about English grammar, conjugation, declension and functions of different parts of speech. It was very interesting to understand how to refer to the Greek text in Paratext, and how to find the meaning of the Greek Read more…
Even though I was translating the Bible, I was doing it without knowing the details of the Bible, such as its history, its purpose and the original recipients of the books of the Bible. This DBT training has helped us to know the reality, importance and responsibility we have in Read more…
I have studied for a Bachelor in Theology before, but many things were not clear to me and I have only learned them now. I understood more about the authenticity and truth of the Bible. This will be helpful for Bible translation and witnessing for Christ. Thank you for giving me Read more…
On 23rd November, 20 students were awarded a Diploma in Bible Translation in Lusaka, Zambia. The graduates come from Botswana, Malawia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Congratulations!!
20 students graduated with a Diploma in Bible Translation on 1st November. Congratulations to all!!
Who would have thought that learning Greek could be fun? As I am translating the Bible I was eager to learn Greek but thought it would be very difficult. But our lecturer helped us to learn by playing games and made me so fond of Greek! Now I can use Read more…
Everyone involved – students and lecturer – testify that training by skype works well. Previously, a week or two was taken out of the team’s work schedule and at least the lecturer had to travel and be away from home. This involved board and lodging and travel logistics, etc., which requires Read more…
I taught two students Hebrew via skype. It was quite a challenge. I found it hard to respond to the students because I did not see their faces via Skype. It however forced me to ask better questions to find out if they understand well. Another challenge was that it was Read more…
“Literary Studies helped us to understand that there are differenet literary features in the Bible. It also helped us to look into the different literary features of our own language.” – Anonymous, SE Asia 2013