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#341 NOTE ABOUT THE FIGURES IN THE SCRIPTURE LANGUAGE REPORT:The UBS Scripture Language Report is based on Scripture translations added in the past calendar year to the collections of the American Bible Society and the British and Foreign Bible Society. It also provides the most up-to-date account available of all the languages and dialects in which the complete Bible, the New Testament and individual books have been published since the Gutenberg Bible, the first to be printed using movable type, appeared in 1455 or 1456. The Scripture Language Report is not a precise guide to Bible translation or publication activity in the period: rather the publications that have been registered in one of the two official Bible Society deposit libraries. Some 62 of the translations registered in 2004 were published in that year; 49 were published in 2003 and seven in 2002 or 2001. The statistics do not always permit meaningful year-to-year comparisons because attempts are continuously being made to improve their accuracy. This means that the basis on which they are compiled has varied over time. Although the Scripture Language Report is compiled by UBS, the Scriptures it takes into account are published by many different agencies.For further information please contact Andrew Mathewson, UBS Editor. Alternatively, write to: Andrew Mathewson UBS Editor, UBS World Service Center Reading Bridge House, 7th Floor Reading RG1 8PJ England |
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