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The first book of the PEV Mini-Bible has been submitted for typesetting
Excerpts from Matthew Before the Plain English Version (PEV) Mini-Bible is published, it will be typeset (formatted) by a typesetter. Our...
Nov 1, 20192 min read


A week in Maningrida
Nungalinya College recently ran a translation training workshop in Maningrida, and Dave Glasgow and his wife Kathy were helping out, so I...
Oct 27, 20191 min read


A community checker
Caroline The three main aims in a Bible translation are for it to be Accurate, Beautiful (natural language) and Clear. So before it is...
Oct 15, 20191 min read


Finding illustations
Part of my role in helping prepare the PEV Mini-Bible is to find suitable illustrations. We couldn't find one that showed a merchant...
Sep 29, 20191 min read


Do you like to eat grass?
Helping with the Diploma in Translating classes Nungalinya, the Indigenous Bible College here, recently ran a 3-week intensive for the...
Sep 22, 20191 min read


What does 'fasting' mean?
Avoiding biblical jargon At chapel at Nungalinya College one morning the passage was Mark 2:18-22 and the person running it began by...
Sep 15, 20191 min read


Read the Plain English Version online!
One of the joys of living in the digital age is that we can make Bible translations available before everything is ready to print. You...
Sep 7, 20191 min read


More audio recording of the PEV
2 recordists from Global Recordings Network (GRN) were in Darwin record some more of the PEV Bible. I was madly trying to prepare the...
Sep 4, 20192 min read


"We have to work together to eat that turtle meat" - Bible translation involves team-work
This week we had a two-day Indigenous languages conference at Nungalinya College (a training college for Indigenous Christians where our...
Aug 29, 20191 min read


What's a wedding?
The Plain English Version is being translated primarily for people who speak an Aboriginal language as their mother tongue. Dave did a...
Aug 15, 20191 min read


The most linguistically diverse town in the world?
I was invited to go along on a week-long trip to Maningrida, as there was another lady exploring Bible translation possibilities in the...
Jul 13, 20191 min read


A funeral in Arnhem Land
While in Maningrida I had the privilege of going to a multi-day West Arnhem Land funeral. I am so thankful for the family allowing me to...
Jun 30, 20191 min read


Translation Workshop in Arnhem Land
At the end of May - beginning of June, I helped out at a workshop in Yirrkala. Aboriginal Bible translators from seven language groups...
Jun 10, 20193 min read


Chapel at Nungalinya College
Nungalinya is a Bible college in Darwin for Indigenous Australians. Our office and bookshop are on their campus, so we are invited to...
Jun 1, 20191 min read


Katherine Christian Convention
A few days after arriving in Darwin I headed down to the Katherine Christian Convention (KCC). It is designed for Aboriginal Christians...
May 26, 20191 min read


Working on the Plain English Version
I moved to Darwin at the beginning of May and so far I'm loving it. It still feels like a working holiday, but I'm settling in and...
May 24, 20191 min read


Literacy work in the Red Centre
I guess they call it the Red Centre for a reason - below is a satellite image of where I went in December 2017. Ngaanyatjarra Communities...
Dec 19, 20172 min read


Translation Checking in Arnhem Land
I had a great time in Maningrida, the largest community in Arnhem Land, in July 2017. I went in with Dave and Kathy Glasgow, who lived...
Jul 27, 20172 min read


An Extra Long Trip into Arnhem Land
Headed to Maningrida for translation checking, we were on the road for just over an hour when we got a flat tyre, well actually the tread...
Jul 27, 20173 min read


Translation Checking in Darwin
I had a wonderful time in Darwin. I spent 10 days helping with the translation of the Plain English Version. It is a Bible translation...
Jan 28, 20172 min read