title: "Translation Theory and Practices"
sections:
  - title: "Introduction"
    sections:
      - title: "What Does the Translation Manual Teach?"
        link: translate-manual
      - title: "Terms to Know"
        link: translate-terms
      - title: "What is Translation"
        link: translate-whatis
      - title: "More about Translation"
        link: translate-more
  - title: "Defining a Good Translation"
    sections:
      - title: "The Qualities of a Good Translation"
        link: guidelines-intro
        sections:
          - title: "Create Clear Translations"
            link: guidelines-clear
          - title: "Create Natural Translations"
            link: guidelines-natural
          - title: "Create Accurate Translations"
            link: guidelines-accurate
          - title: "Create Church-Approved Translations"
            link: guidelines-church-approved
          - title: "Create Faithful Translations"
            link: guidelines-faithful
        sections:
          - title: "Son of God and God the Father"
            link: guidelines-sonofgod
      - title: "Create Authoritative Translations"
        link: guidelines-authoritative
      - title: "Create Historical Translations"
        link: guidelines-historical
      - title: "Create Equal Translations"
        link: guidelines-equal
      - title: "Create Collaborative Translations"
        link: guidelines-collaborative
      - title: "Create Ongoing Translations"
        link: guidelines-ongoing
  - title: "The Translation Process"
    link: translate-process
    sections:
      - title: "Discover the Meaning of the Text"
        link: translate-discover
      - title: "Re-telling the Meaning"
        link: translate-retell
  - title: "Form and Meaning"
    link: translate-fandm
    sections:
      - title: "The Importance of Form"
        link: translate-form
      - title: "Levels of Meaning"
        link: translate-levels
  - title: "Literal Translations"
    link: translate-literal
    sections:
      - title: "Word for Word Substitution"
        link: translate-wforw
      - title: "Problems with Literal Translations"
        link: translate-problem
  - title: "Meaning-Based Translations"
    link: translate-dynamic
    sections:
      - title: "Translate for Meaning"
        link: translate-tform
  - title: "Before Translating"
    sections:
      - title: "First Draft"
        link: first-draft
      - title: "Choosing a Translation Team"
        link: choose-team
        sections:
          - title: "Translator Qualifications"
            link: qualifications
  - title: "Choosing What to Translate"
    link: translation-difficulty
  - title: "Choosing a Source Text"
    link: translate-source-text
    sections:
      - title: "Copyrights, Licensing, and Source Texts"
        link: translate-source-licensing
  - title: "Decisions for Writing Your Language"
    link: writing-decisions
    sections:
      - title: "Creating an Alphabet"
        link: translate-alphabet
  - title: "File Formats"
    link: file-formats
  - title: "Unlocked Bible Text"
    sections:
      - title: "The Original and Source Languages"
        link: translate-original
      - title: "Original Manuscripts"
        link: translate-manuscripts
      - title: "Structure of the Bible"
        link: translate-bibleorg
      - title: "Chapter and Verse Numbers"
        link: translate-chapverse
      - title: "Unlocked Literal Bible (ULB) and Unlocked Dynamic Bible (UDB) Formatting Signals"
        link: translate-formatsignals
      - title: "How to Use the ULB and UDB when Translating the Bible"
        link: translate-useulbudb
  - title: "Use the Translation Resources when Translating"
    sections:
      - title: "Help with Translating"
        link: translate-help
      - title: "Using the translationNotes"
        link: resources-types
        sections:
         - title: "Connecting Statement and General Information in the Notes"
           link: resources-connect
         - title: "Notes with Definitions"
           link: resources-def
         - title: "Notes that Explain"
           link: resources-eplain
         - title: "Notes with Synonyms and Equivalent Phrases"
           link: resources-synequi
         - title: "Notes with Alternate Translations (AT)"
           link: resources-alter
         - title: "Notes that have Alternate Meanings"
           link: resources-alterm
         - title: "Notes with Probable or Possible Meanings"
           link: resources-porp
         - title: "Notes with Links"
           link: resources-links
         - title: "Notes that Identify Figures of Speech"
           link: resources-fofs
         - title: "Notes that Identify Indirect and Direct Quotes"
           link: resources-iordquote
         - title: "Notes for Long ULB Phrases"
           link: resources-long
      - title: "Using translationWords"
        link: resources-words
      - title: "Using translationQuestions"
        link: resources-questions