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RELIGION BRIEFING

More Translations in the Works

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Wycliffe U.S.A. is launching a major effort to translate the Bible into the native tongues of more language groups.

The company has a $50 million gift from an anonymous donor to help with the goal of translating the Bible into the remaining 2,400 or so language groups around the world that don't have a translation.

The group's president, Bob Creson, said that about 1,400 translations in more than 70 countries are under way.

Creson said the 75-year-old Wycliffe U.S.A., an Orlando-based Bible translation company, has dedicated itself publicly to its effort, the Last Languages Campaign.

Creson said the public is welcome to assist, emphasizing that literacy has always been a component of the group's mission. He said it's especially important to teach women in illiterate societies to read and write, because they can become "change agents" in their families and societies and react to address needs.

-- Associated Press

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