by lversaw | Jul 8, 2020 | East Africa, Travel Tips
If entering East Africa through Rwanda, you can apply for East Africa visa online at travelsrwanda.com. Their 100% online application process is less intimidating than other alternatives and costs $169 for entry to three countries (RW, UG + Kenya). However, it took 22...
by lversaw | Jun 4, 2020 | MAST, WACS
I have uploaded here a PDF copy of the USFM User Reference Guide. usfmReference2_4 Version 2.4 of the standard is widely used, and practically every Bible translation tool and online resource supports it. Some software tools (e.g. translationCore, Paratext) make use...
by lversaw | Jun 2, 2020 | Travel Tips, Visa requirements
You can get a visa at the Nairobi airport for $50 US cash. Easy, few questions asked, but expect long lines. The East Africa tourist visa is good for three countries (Kenya + UG and RW) but costs a lot more. Either one becomes invalid once you leave the...
by lversaw | Jan 6, 2020 | publication, training, tW
This article is one in what may be a series of articles describing how to get GL projects ready to publish so that others can benefit from them. This article deals with Translation Words (tW) projects. A tW project consists of about 1000 files, each defining one term,...
by lversaw | Jan 6, 2020 | tN, training
In V-MAST, translators are given free rein to reformat the content. However, they should not reformat content destined to be published as source text. This article specifies the expected content format. Note that BTT Writer does its own formatting when translating tN,...
