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Data is the Key: A New Era for Bible Translation
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The landscape of Bible translation is rapidly evolving with AI advancements. Our role must shift accordingly. Tech giants are developing powerful translation tools, but they lack one crucial element: data for low-resource languages.
AI’s Potential in Translation
AI can now create accurate, creative Bible translations in major languages within minutes. For low-resource languages, the technology is ready - it just needs data.
Our Unique Contribution
Our mission-driven focus on low-resource languages positions us uniquely to provide the missing piece: language data.
The Real Challenge
The primary obstacle to universal Bible access is no longer translation itself, but gathering sufficient language data for AI translation into each language. Our task is to collect and publish this data in standard, open AI repositories.
A New Direction
To maximize our impact, we must:
- Prioritize data collection for low-resource languages
- Standardize data formats for AI compatibility (think JSON, not USFM)
- Develop user-friendly, offline-first language data collection tools
- Streamline our data infrastructure for efficient gathering and sharing (more data, less decisions about data)
The Path Forward
By focusing on our role as data collectors and curators, we can accelerate Bible translation in unprecedented ways. If we dedicate our efforts to data collection now, we’ll enable AI models to translate the Bible into every language faster than ever imagined.
This shift in focus would allow us to leverage our unique strengths and the power of AI, bringing us closer to our goal of making God’s Word accessible to all.