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Factors to Consider for a Source Text
When choosing a source text, there are a number of factors that must be considered:
- Statement of Faith - Is the text in line with the Statement of Faith?
- Translation Guidelines - Is the text in line with the Translation Guidelines?
- Language - Is the text in a suitable language that translators and checkers understand well?
- Copyrights, Licensing, and Source Texts - Is the text released under a license that gives sufficient legal freedom?
- Source Texts and Version Numbers - Is the text the latest, most updated version?
- The Original and Source Languages - Does the translation team understand the difference between source languages and original languages?
- Original Manuscripts - Does the translation team understand about Original Manuscripts and Textual Variants?
It is important the the leaders of the churches in the language group agree that the source text is a good one. The Open Bible Stories are available in many source languages on http://ufw.io/stories/. There are also translations of the Bible there to be used as sources for translation in English, and soon other languages, as well.