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.
HB's Unique Features:
All-in-one: all resources needed to do BT embedded and easily accessed in the workflow from one app, on one offline, mobile device
End-to-end cyclical workflow: learn - translate - check - revise - publish - share
Multimodal: text+audio+images+videos
E2T + BEN: Easy to Translate (E2T) source text (developed from original languages) in regional LWCs, paired with one-tap Brief Exegetical Notes (BEN) makes learning, research and checking doable without an external advisor
WordLinks: a searchable dictionary system for key terms and names by which translators can track, learn and document their local renderings
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, Creative Commons licenses
Audio-oral drafting: no alphabet required, no writing and spelling challenges
DIY ownership, ongoing: true local community ownership; revise and republish as needed
Self-Publishing: offline and online, audio and/or video, to any cell phone, SD card, audio player, social media or the (ever updating) HoneyPlayer app
Affordable and available for all: accessible for any/every dialect, for whoever wants it
Designed for Android/iPhone devices: affordable, incognito, super mobile
