As a Bible translation adviser, you’ll work with a team of mother-tongue speakers based in Dili, Timor-Leste and other linguists to produce Scripture translations in a minority language (or cluster of languages) that are accurate, clear and speak to the heart of an entire people group.

Responsibilities:

• exegesis
• translation training
• support with drafting
• facilitation of community testing
• linguistic analysis, possibly including orthography revision
• project management
• liaising with stakeholders
• coordinating publication
• capacity development of the translation team and local institution to continue translation and assume responsibility for the future of their translation project

Training:

• theological degree
• four weeks’ language and culture training called Launch
• one year of training with SIL
• English fluency of at least 5.0 IELTS

Orientation:

• orientation workshops, held at our National Centre in Kangaroo Ground, Victoria
• on-field cultural orientation

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