David, It's been "one of those YEARS", and more than two months later, I'm just now getting to this place in my email-queue, deleting MOST stuff quickly. Fortunately I saw what you were talking about, and the Esperanto Bible is something I'm VERY interested in.
There's an easy-to-find Unicode version of the Esperanto Bible available online, separated into books, but I don't think that it is separated into verse-numbers. Obviously, adding in the verse-numbers in whatever convention Sword requires would be a LOT of work if done manually, but I don't know how to do it otherwise. I have on my system, and also available from the Esperanto Files Section of WWW.CDLF.ORG, a Latin3 version of the Esperanto Bible. If there exists a way to convert from Latin3 to Unicode, that would probably be an easier way to do it... but I THINK that this version is in paragraph format. The OliveTree.com Esperanto Bible database employs the X-convention... One version that used to "live" in the Esperanto section of the Foreign Language Forum on Compuserve employed apostrophe instead of x... I guess it just depends on what sort of convention(s) a particular into-Unicode program can handle. I wish I had more to offer toward the project, but at the moment I can't even volunteer time... But I'm cheering you on(and whoever works with you). I have had both direct contact with, and second- or third- hand reports about, people who read the Bible ONLY in Esperanto, including both "Bible-believers" and some folks who wouldn't have had much interest in reading the Bible EVEN IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, but who wanted to read the Bible in Esperanto. I strongly suspect that a Bible program with an Esperanto text, and especially a version of the program localized into Esperanto, would provoke a SURPRISING amount of interest in the existing Esperanto community among Roman Catholics (especailly now that the Deuterocanonical books are available), Protestants, "cultists", and even non-Christians. I realize that in the weeks since you posted this, you may have discovered much more and accomplished a lot toward the goal (or not). If you have time to drop me a note and let me know about the status of the project, I'll at least cheer you on. With my current financial/job situation, I hardly know which way to run... and can't really make ANY committments of money or time... But you'll definitely be in my prayers! --Clyde Clyde C. PRICE, Jr. h-678-393-1782, m-678-491-0469 email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11770 Haynes Bridge Rd., Suite 205 PMB 214, Alpharetta, GA 30004 USA Founder & President, the Christian Digital Library Foundation <http://cdlf.org>. CDLF is looking for Scribes, Eager Readers, and other friends to enjoy, distribute, and produce digital Christian books and other resources to build up the Body of Christ. Vice President, Parakletos Ministries Inc. <http://www.parakletos.net>. PM seeks to support the ministries of local churches in building evangelizing Kingdom-seeking disciples. "To know Christ, and to make Him known, as the Way, the Truth, and the Life." Featured Free Etext: R.A.Torrey, _HOW TO WORK FOR CHRIST: A Compendium of Effective Methods_. Including: Book.I. PERSONAL WORK; Book.II. METHODS OF CHRISTIAN WORK, Book.III. PREACHING AND TEACHING THE WORD OF GOD <ahref=http://www.cdlf.org/ftp/Htwfcrat.zip> ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 11:08 AM Subject: [sword-devel] Esperanto Bible - alphabet > I see that the text of the Esperanto bible includes the letter "x" as a workaround for not having the Esperanto letters available. While it's possible to read the text this way, most Esperanto speakers will find it difficult to read in this form. > > I'd be interested in helping to set up the correct fonts and updating the text to display properly. > > Updating the text should be fairly straightforward, and the Esperanto characters are available in Unicode, if that's what the software uses. > > David Simpson > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
