New tools speed up global Bible translation

International (MNN) -- Bible translation has traditionally been a slow, labor-intensive process. It often requires Western missionary linguists to spend years learning a language and then carefully translating the Bible, verse by verse.“We have profound respect for the accomplishment of our brothers and sisters in the traditional Bible translation world,” Dane with unfoldingWord says.“Several of our founders spent 30 or 40 years in that movement. We couldn’t do what we do without their shoulders