# Unlocked Dynamic Bible - English
a Bible intended to be freely available for people to translate into any language
## Overview
The Unlocked Dynamic Bibel (UDB) is an open-licensed translation of the Bible based on *A Translation For Translators* by Ellis W. Deibler, Jr., which is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://git.door43.org/Door43/T4T). The UDB is intended to provide a simple, clear presentation of the meaning of the Bible without using any figures of speech, English idioms, or difficult grammar. 
This repository contains the USFM source files for the Unlocked Dynamic Bible.
## Viewing
To read or print the formatted UDB, see the UDB project on [Bible in Every Language] (https://bibleineverylanguage.org/index.php/translations/).
To view the repository of the Unlocked *Literal* Bible, go to [WycliffeAssociates/en_ulb] (https://git.door43.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_ulb).
## Contributors
If you are a contributor to this UDB project, please add your name to the contributor
field in the [manifest.yaml] (https://git.door43.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_udb/src/branch/master/manifest.yaml) file.
If you will be editing this UDB, please see [Introduction to the UDB] (https://git.door43.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_udb/src/branch/master/00-About_the_UDB/UDB-1-Intro.md) and [Decisions Concerning th UDB] (https://git.door43.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_udb/src/branch/master/00-About_the_UDB/UDB-2-Decisions.md).