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Overview of Training Manual - PDF

The training manual follows the tasks in the SIL Compact Plan. The page numbers refer to the PDF.

Introduction​

  1. Course introduction ... p.5

Stage 1 Drafting​

  1. Organising your desktop ... p.12
  1. Assignments and progress ... p.23
  2. Keyboarding your draft ... p.28
  3. Basic checks ... p.37
  4. Project progress ... p.41

Stage 2 Team check​

  1. Proper Names ... p.45
  2. Spell Checking ... p.46
  3. Glossary ... p.57
  4. A 4-Step process for ... Biblical Terms ... p.62
  5. Compare a word or phrase ... p.72
  6. Basic Checks 2 ... p.76
  7. Formatting checks ... p.85
  8. Printing Drafts ... p.89
  9. Using Notes ... p.94

Stage 3 Prepare for consultant​

  1. Draft a Back Translation ... p.105
  2. Interlinearize a project ... p.112
  3. Compare Text ... p.117
  4. Basic checks 3 ... p.119

Stage 4 Consultant check​

  1. Collaboration Tools ... p.126

Stage 5 (Stage 3 UBS) Community review​

  1. Progress report ... p.133
  2. Biblical key terms report ... p.135

Stage 6 (Stage 4 UBS)​

  1. Compare Parallel Passages ... p.138
  2. Finalising for Publication ... p.145
  3. Create a study Bible ... p.152

Appendix​

A. Special texts ... p.158 B. Three letter abbreviations ... p.161 C. Common USFM markers ... p.164