{"id":24603,"date":"2024-05-14T16:29:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wholewordinstitute.com\/?p=24603"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:12:57","slug":"off-the-page-gods-word-to-sign-language-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholewordinstitute.com\/he\/updates\/off-the-page-gods-word-to-sign-language-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the page: God\u2019s Word to sign language users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;4em||1em||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\">There are <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\">over 400<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\"> sign languages in the world, but only <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW175565759 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\">one<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\"> (ASL) has a translation of the whole Bible.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\"> Deaf communities are the unreached people groups all around us.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW175565759 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BROWN RWANDA\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/946249335?h=4289f8ea0c&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3e7d8e;\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW213763370 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213763370 BCX0\">Can\u2019t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213763370 BCX0\"> Deaf people just read the Bible?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW213763370 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Learning to read is a very different process if you don\u2019t use sound. Sign languages like ASL are not word-for-word translations of written languages like English \u2013 the vocabulary, grammar, and the way you form a sentence are quite different. For this reason, many Deaf people around the world find reading very hard work and miss meaning when they\u2019re reading. They are trying to read in their second language.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Their first language can\u2019t be written down at all, it\u2019s a sign language!<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Oleksandr Raikovskyi is the Associate Director of our Center for Deaf Scriptures. He explains why reading the Word is very challenging for most Deaf people, and how seeing a sign language translation changes everything.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThere are some Deaf people who can read the Bible, but even they cannot understand it completely. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When I read the Bible, I too understood the text only as puzzle pieces; the whole picture was inaccessible to me. Then I was given a video of the Bible translated into sign language, and I felt the text completely. This is my language.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The different fragments came together into one clear picture.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oleksandr Interview\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/946268568?h=6751e94835&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112285735 BCX0\">How <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112285735 BCX0\">we\u2019re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112285735 BCX0\"> getting God\u2019s Word off the page<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whole Word Institute welcomed another cohort of seven students onto our Sign Language Translation Consultant Training MA program in the fall. That means seven more signing translators who are working to produce the first videos of books of the Bible in their native sign languages, and supervise others working in their region.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brown from Rwanda is one of our students. She says:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI get excited when I watch a sign language video that helps me understand God\u2019s Word and grow spiritually.<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I really want to spread the Word of God, so that those Deaf people who can\u2019t read can turn to God with their hearts.\u201d<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But there is an extra hurdle for Deaf translation students like Brown. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Other translators use hundreds of Bible dictionaries, commentaries, lexicons and manuals in their work. But these are almost completely inaccessible to most Deaf translators. They need their own commentaries and manuals to work with.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">That\u2019s why we launched an ambitious project to create a set of useful translation materials in sign languages, designed to meet the needs of Deaf translators and consultants.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">E<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">xegetical<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> video <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">resources for Deaf Bible translators<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Last year, we built a video studio in Jerusalem and started work. In December, a year ahead of schedule, we had finished and launched a set of seven exegetical resources in ASL that explain coins and money in the world of the New Testament \u2013 one of the knowledge gaps identified by our Deaf students and partner agencies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">These are the first ever signed resources produced specifically for Deaf Bible translators, and are now available to translators worldwide.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We received feedback from Deaf Bible translators from the American Bible Society who had <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">never seen these biblical passages<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">explained in sign language<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Now they will be able to translate them more accurately.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We have already started another project to create seven episodes covering Genesis 1:1 \u2013 2:3, the Creation story. Our hope is to have these completed and ready to publish by the fall of 2024.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW244141440 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeClickedV2 CommentHighlightClicked SCXW244141440 BCX0\">If you would like to help support translators like Brown, consider giving here:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are over 400 sign languages in the world, but only one (ASL) has a translation of the whole Bible. Deaf communities are the unreached people groups all around us.\u00a0 Can\u2019t Deaf people just read the Bible?\u00a0 Learning to read is a very different process if you don\u2019t use sound. Sign languages like ASL are [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":24605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n<span class=\"TextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\">There are <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\">over 400<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\"> sign languages in the world, but only <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW175565759 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\">one<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\"> (ASL) has a translation of the whole Bible.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175565759 BCX0\"> Deaf communities are the unreached people groups all around us.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW175565759 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/vimeo.com\/946249335\/4289f8ea0c[\/embed]\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW213763370 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213763370 BCX0\">Can\u2019t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213763370 BCX0\"> Deaf people just read the Bible?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW213763370 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Learning to read is a very different process if you don\u2019t use sound. Sign languages like ASL are not word-for-word translations of written languages like English \u2013 the vocabulary, grammar, and the way you form a sentence are quite different. For this reason, many Deaf people around the world find reading very hard work and miss meaning when they\u2019re reading. They are trying to read in their second language.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Their first language can\u2019t be written down at all, it\u2019s a sign language!<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Oleksandr Raikovskyi is the Associate Director of our Center for Deaf Scriptures. He explains why reading the Word is very challenging for most Deaf people, and how seeing a sign language translation changes everything.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThere are some Deaf people who can read the Bible, but even they cannot understand it completely. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When I read the Bible, I too understood the text only as puzzle pieces; the whole picture was inaccessible to me. Then I was given a video of the Bible translated into sign language, and I felt the text completely. This is my language.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The different fragments came together into one clear picture.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/vimeo.com\/946268568\/6751e94835?share=copy[\/embed]\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112285735 BCX0\">How <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112285735 BCX0\">we\u2019re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112285735 BCX0\"> getting God\u2019s Word off the page<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whole Word Institute welcomed another cohort of seven students onto our Sign Language Translation Consultant Training MA program in the fall. That means seven more signing translators who are working to produce the first videos of books of the Bible in their native sign languages, and supervise others working in their region.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brown from Rwanda is one of our students. She says:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI get excited when I watch a sign language video that helps me understand God\u2019s Word and grow spiritually.<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I really want to spread the Word of God, so that those Deaf people who can\u2019t read can turn to God with their hearts.\u201d<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335551550\":1,\"335551620\":1}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">But there is an extra hurdle for Deaf translation students like Brown. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Other translators use hundreds of Bible dictionaries, commentaries, lexicons and manuals in their work. But these are almost completely inaccessible to most Deaf translators. They need their own commentaries and manuals to work with.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"201341983\":0,\"335557856\":16777215,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">That\u2019s why we launched an ambitious project to create a set of useful translation materials in sign languages, designed to meet the needs of Deaf translators and consultants.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"201341983\":0,\"335557856\":16777215,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">E<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">xegetical<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> video <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">resources for Deaf Bible translators<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"201341983\":0,\"335557856\":16777215,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Last year, we built a video studio in Jerusalem and started work. In December, a year ahead of schedule, we had finished and launched a set of seven exegetical resources in ASL that explain coins and money in the world of the New Testament \u2013 one of the knowledge gaps identified by our Deaf students and partner agencies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335557856\":16777215,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">These are the first ever signed resources produced specifically for Deaf Bible translators, and are now available to translators worldwide.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335557856\":16777215,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">We received feedback from Deaf Bible translators from the American Bible Society who had <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">never seen these biblical passages<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">explained in sign language<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. 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