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Degrees
Ph.D. University College London and School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 1970
M.A. Hons., University of St. Andrews, U.K. 1960
Current positions
Director of Training and Consulting, The Seed Company (2000- )
International Translation Consultant (1975- )
Other experience
International Translation Coordinator (1989-1999)
Africa Area Translation coordinator (1981-1989)
Translation consultant, Nigeria (1973-1988)
Training Nigerian translators and consultants with Nigeria Bible Translation Trust (1976-1988)
Coordinator of Translation programs, Nigeria (1973-1976)
Mbembe language project, Nigeria (1964-1973 and intermittently until 1985)
British SIL school taught grammar, semantics, translation and exegesis (1964-1990)
Memberships
Society of Biblical Literature
Evangelical Theological Society
West Africa Linguistic Society
Language proficiency
French-FSI 3+
Mbembe, Nigeria - FSI 3+
Research interests
Training translators
training consultants
key biblical terms in the NT
discourse analysis
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
1995. Notes on Literature in Use and Language Programs: Bible translation in a changing world: Reflections on the Bolivia report 45:47-54.
1991. Notes on Literature in Use and Language Programs: Sharing skills in mother tongue translator Programs 29:27-34.
1988. Notes on Literature in Use and Language Programs: Training new readers to use Bible helps 17:23-25.
1987. Teacher's Manual to accompany Bible Translation. Dallas, Texas: Summer Institute of Linguistics
1986. Bible Translation: An Introductory Course in Translation Principles Third edition. (First edition 1975, Second edition 1978). Dallas, Texas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. Translations published in French, Russian, Spanish, Urdu, Arabic, et al.
1983. "Towards Acceptable Translations". Notes on Translation 95: 19-25.
1980. Introduction to Semantics and Translation Second edition. (First edition 1974). Summer Institute of Linguistics.
1979. A Workshop Guide for Primer Construction. Summer Institute of Linguistics. Jos, Nigeria, Nigeria Bible Translation Trust.
1977. "Ten Ways of Testing your Translation." The Bible Translator 28(4):425-32. Also published in Notes on Translation 100:36-44.
1969. A Grammatical Description of Mbembe. Ph.D. Thesis, University of London.
Selected papers presented
2005. "Aiming for Quality Translations in 'Initial Goal' Projects", Bible Translation Conference, Dallas, Texas. | 