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Jan
2013

Two weeks in the life of a Translation Advisor

I’m writing this on the Bush Bee bus as we travel from Pukatja to Alice Springs.Two weeks ago I set out from Crystal Brook (near Port Pirie) in a little aeroplane. My...

Jan
2013

Working with Mary Skidmore - by Wäŋgarr Dhamarraṉdji

Working and training and learning with Mary Skidmore (AuSIL) at the Translation Centre, doing Powerpoint (PPT) with transitions and animations, Publisher, Booklets,

Teaching Nature and...

Jan
2013

A new year & a new series

 

The process of translating the Bible, or even one book of the Bible, is HUGE. We all know that. There are many steps to that process, and in the next few issues of CoordN8,...

Jul
2012

Translation workshops & God’s Word at work...

The Pitjantjatjara Old Testament Project is moving ahead with translation workshops running in school holiday breaks. As CoordN8 #8 goes to print, Aṉangu Christians are sharing training...

Mar
2012

Pitjantjatjara Old Testament Workshop II

Katrina Tjitayi

I want to say that I am very, very pleased that I was able to take part in this workshop and learn about translation. It’s the first time I’d heard about how to translate...

Oct
2011

Old Testament Workshop in Amata

Nyunmiti Burtoninterviewed & interpreted by Paul Eckert

"I want to tell you about the first Old Testament Bible translation workshop that we've just had at Amata. I was really thrilled...

May
2011

“We’re just trying to keep up!”

By Paul Eckert

During 2010, after facilitating a Bible Study with a group of Pitjantjatjara Christians at Pukatja (Ernabella), two of the participants approached me. We had been discussing...

Apr
2010

Pukatja Church Restoration

By Hannah Harper

The church in Pukatja (Ernabella) had at least two causes for celebration on Palm Sunday weekend. As Anangu women sang a Pitjantjatjara ‘Hosanna’ song, the church...

Jan
2010

In the Action

By Peter Greenwood “We need resources!” said Keith Stevens, the day after being commissioned by the Ananguku Area Ministry Council as the Community Minister at Nyapari – a remote community in the...

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