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South Africa2007 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Modern technology has been put to good use in assisting translators. While brothers in South Africa were working on software to help translators, a department with a similar goal was set up at Brooklyn. The programs developed were eventually compiled and called the Watchtower Translation System. The programmers in South Africa were able to contribute much to the software used in this system.
The brothers did not try to create computer programs to do actual translation, which some secular companies have tried with limited success. Rather, they concentrated on providing tools for translators. For example, Bibles were provided electronically. Translators can also compile their own electronic translation dictionaries. These are valuable because some local languages do not have adequate dictionaries.
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South Africa2007 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Computer software has been provided to assist translators
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