Render - A First Look

In Bible translation, by God's grace there continue to be new advancements, new technology, new ideas being tested and moved to production. One such example is Render.



Faith Comes By Hearing describes Render as follows:

Render is an oral Bible translation software developed and tested by three partnering agencies: Faith Comes By Hearing, Pioneer Bible Translators, and Seed Company.  

The software supports the loading of audio recordings of Scripture to serve as sources for translation. A translator or translation team can listen to the source in one or more (up to four) languages, translate orally into the target language, and record the new translation. 

Render facilitates the various components of Bible translation, including drafting, peer review, revision, community testing, back translation, and consultant checking, and also serves as an audio workflow management system. It is designed with the oral communicator in mind, so it is intended to be simple, iconographic, and color-driven. However, the goal is to develop a software useful to users with various levels of formal education, literacy skills, and technological savvy.