Ever wondered what it takes to translate the Bible? Come explore how Bible translation takes shape. See firsthand how we can use the tools of descriptive linguistics to analyze and learn a language as Dr. Floyd interacts with a speaker of another language unfamiliar to him.
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Dr. Floyd has been a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL International since 1975. He worked in Peru for 26 years on the translation of the Scriptures into the Wanca Quechua language. He has a PhD in linguistics from the University of California, San Diego and teaches linguistics at Biola University in La Mirada, California.
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