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The Higby Herald - January 2011
We are now calling it “Rapid Word Collection.” Traditionally, language workers develop a database of 5,000 or more words over a period of many years.
Burkina Faso
Letters and posts written from or about Burkina Faso.
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The Higby Herald - Christmas 2010
Much to everyone’s surprise, a group of around 40 unchurched local students showed up in response to someone’s invitation.
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The Higby Herald - October 2010
The book of Genesis in Fulfulde is now in print and is in the process of being distributed to the Fulani in Mali.
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The Higby Herald - June 2010
The “Language Technology” department has been created in SIL International, making way for the promotion of high technology standards for Bible Translators around the world.
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The Higby Herald - April 2010
We praise God for bringing 23 people together from 14 different countries to receive training in the latest computer technology for Bible translation.
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The Higby Herald - February 2010
Last month, I (Doug) was excited to represent Wycliffe at meetings with the United Bible Society (UBS) in Canada.
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The Higby Herald - December 2009
That is such a round number, it reminds me (Doug) of January 1, 2000, when I began working on the Fulfulde Bible translation after passing my language test.
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The Higby Herald - September 2009
A week ago Tuesday the rain started at 5:30 in the morning.
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The Higby Herald May 2009 Edition
Having now learned how to read the sticker on a new refrigerator, I (Doug) realized our mistake with the first one: it was only rated ST for subtropical instead of T for tropical climate, up to…
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The Higby Herald March 2009 Edition
“Can you really train someone to be a language software consultant?” asked a long term Wycliffe member who is a full-time computer consultant for Bible translation teams.
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The Higby Herald February 2009 Edition
We are thankful to the folks at Mission Aviation Fellowship who introduced us to this technology more than 10 years ago, and we’ve been using it ever since.
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The Higby Herald December 2008 Edition
The first Herald. A fifty-million-dollar gift launches Wycliffe’s Last Languages Campaign, and Doug teaches “Proactive Software Training” to colleagues from around the world.