The Honey Bee app and Scripture E2T+BEN templates are continuing to be developed!
An oral Bible translation workflow app with embedded exegetical helps for local language translators.
Learn. Understand. Translate. Revise. Approve. Publish. Distribute.
Free * Open Source *Cross-platform *User Friendly * Empowering local church ownership * Sustainable * Start to Finish * Sweet!
The words of Yahweh are more valuable than gold; they are sweeter than honey! Ps. 19.10
The work of honey bees is to transform flower pollen into honey. Likewise, translators transform God's Word
from foreign languages into their own clear, sweet local languages.
Unique Features:
All-in-one: all resources easily accessed from one app, on one offline, mobile device
End-to-end cyclical workflow: learn - translate - publish - share
Multimodal: text+audio+images+videos
E2T + BEN: Easy to Translate source translated from the original languages paired with one-tap Brief Exegetical Notes makes learning and research doable without an outsider advisor
Whole Bible: Original/Old Testament and New Testament
Quick start-up: start immediately, get the app, short orientation, learn as you go, share today
No licensing challenges: free, transparent, CC license
Audio-oral drafting: no alphabet required, no writing challenges
DIY ownership, ongoing: true local community ownership; revise and republish as needed
Affordable and available for all: accessible for any/every dialect, for whoever wants it
