How a Translation of "JESUS" is Made

Here are the five steps of making a translation. Be sure to look at the Final Step—that's the one you can take to reach people for Christ.

STEP 1:
WRITTEN TRANSLATION

A native speaker of the language, also fluent in English, is recruited for the process. He or she must be able to express spiritual truth powerfully and from the heart. Working with exacting "loop sheets," a careful, line-by-line translation is done, matching the new language as closely as possible to the exact syllable count of the original English version. This process often takes several months.