Who We are
TextTree Movement Team:
– Followers of Jesus Christ
– Representatives of local churches in the post Soviet Union countries
– Bible translators, pastors, theologians, linguists, experts in the ancient languages of the Bible
– Programmers
– Designers and media workers
Vision
Church-centric Bible translation and Gospel sharing made easy
Mission
Equip church to translate, own and share Bible and Biblical content in their languages.
Our History
2023
The translation of the Open Bible Stories into the Kazakh language and Uzbek language has been completed. We began to pay more attention to publishing in media formats. Video and audio templates for Open Bible Stories were prepared, as well as a series of videos “Heroes and Characters of the Bible”, “Cities and Countries of the Bible”. We continued the development of V-CANA.com – a step-by-step translation platform. Using this platform, several books of the Bible were translated into Russian. The platform’s operation was also tested with a team of programmers, with the team of the Azerbaijani project. In the same year, an intranet version of V-CANA.com was developed to work in conditions where there is no Internet. This version of the platform was tested in offline training with a team of African students and a team of translators into the Karakalpak language.
2022
A translation of the Open Bible Stories was made into the Shugni (Pamir) language. We started testing book packages by assembling a CRASH TEST team. This team tests our tools by creating a translation of the Bible into Russian. We called this translation ROST. The website OpenBibleText.com was created – a site for reading materials for translators. The first version of the step-by-step Bible translation platform was developed and tested. This is the v-cana.com platform
2021
Our team has conducted several trainings for teams of national translators. Using the CANA method, Open Bible Stories were translated into Roma, Tajik, and Ingiloi. The translation of the Bible into Russian-Roma (Roma) began.
We also opened a programming department. unfoldingWord helped us conduct training for programmers. From that moment on, we began to create open source platforms and tools for translating, checking and reading the Bible.
2020
Our ministry took on the name TextTree Movement. In 2020, our team members completed a number of trainings, including training on the method of translating Bible content using book packages. This translation method was named CANA. A translation of Open Bible Stories into Russian was also made
2018
The beginning of a partnership with unfoldingWord. We started to translate and prepare Bible and Open Bible Stories and all supporting materials in Russian.
2015
Work in Wycliffe Associates projects. Our first experience in open source Bible translations with local church involvement
2013
The people who serve in the TextTree Movement today have served in various roles in the projects of SIL, Seed Company in Central Asia.
Who We are
TextTree Movement Team:
– Followers of Jesus Christ
– Representatives of local churches in the post Soviet Union countries
– Bible translators, pastors, theologians, linguists, experts in the ancient languages of the Bible
– Programmers
– Designers and media workers
Vision
Church-centric Bible translation and Gospel sharing made easy
Mission
Equip church to translate, own and share Bible and Biblical content in their languages.
2023
The translation of the Open Bible Stories into the Kazakh language and Uzbek language has been completed. We began to pay more attention to publishing in media formats. Video and audio templates for Open Bible Stories were prepared, as well as a series of videos “Heroes and Characters of the Bible”, “Cities and Countries of the Bible”. We continued the development of V-CANA.com – a step-by-step translation platform. Using this platform, several books of the Bible were translated into Russian. The platform’s operation was also tested with a team of programmers, with the team of the Azerbaijani project. In the same year, an intranet version of V-CANA.com was developed to work in conditions where there is no Internet. This version of the platform was tested in offline training with a team of African students and a team of translators into the Karakalpak language.
2022
A translation of the Open Bible Stories was made into the Shugni (Pamir) language. We started testing book packages by assembling a CRASH TEST team. This team tests our tools by creating a translation of the Bible into Russian. We called this translation ROST. The website OpenBibleText.com was created – a site for reading materials for translators. The first version of the step-by-step Bible translation platform was developed and tested. This is the v-cana.com platform
2021
Our team has conducted several trainings for teams of national translators. Using the CANA method, Open Bible Stories were translated into Roma, Tajik, and Ingiloi. The translation of the Bible into Russian-Roma (Roma) began.
We also opened a programming department. unfoldingWord helped us conduct training for programmers. From that moment on, we began to create open source platforms and tools for translating, checking and reading the Bible.
2020
Our ministry took on the name TextTree Movement. In 2020, our team members completed a number of trainings, including training on the method of translating Bible content using book packages. This translation method was named CANA. A translation of Open Bible Stories into Russian was also made
2018
The beginning of a partnership with unfoldingWord. We started to translate and prepare Bible and Open Bible Stories and all supporting materials in Russian.
2015
Work in Wycliffe Associates projects. Our first experience in open source Bible translations with local church involvement
2013
The people who serve in the TextTree Movement today have served in various roles in the projects of SIL, Seed Company in Central Asia.