See also this new post I added today. http://www.nabble.com/Japanese-Bibles-in-OSIS-format-to14551445.html http://www.nabble.com/Japanese-Bibles-in-OSIS-format-to14551445.html
Troy A. Griffitts wrote: > > Would anyone be interested in heading this up? > > _________________________ > Excerpts from 3 emails > _________________________ > > Subject: Japanese Bibles > From: Suzie Perry > Date: 2/8/2007 03:36 AM > To: sword-feedback > > Greetings! > > Looking at the wonderful work you have done, providing Bible software in > so many languages, I would like to commend you and express my thanks! > It is a great work. > > Today my question concerns the Japanese Bible. I note that you have not > yet been able to add one to your list. I am a missionary, working in > Japan. For several years, my fellow missionaries and I have been > searching for the Kogoyaku Version (口語訳) of the Japanese Bible in > software that can be downloaded to Pocket PC’s. Besides offering it for > regular PC’s, one company made this software for Palm based machines, > but it never got further than that. I have contacted Pocket PC experts > in Japan, but no one seems to know how to go about getting the Bible we > need into software that we can use on our PPC’s. Can you offer us any > suggestions or help? There are a goodly number of us who would use this > software eagerly, if we could get it. Thank you for any help you can > offer. > > Sincerely, Suzie Perry > > _________________________ > > Subject: Japanese Bibles > From: Suzie Perry > Date: 2/9/2007 03:57 AM > To: Troy A. Griffitts > > Hello, Troy, > > Many thanks for your speedy reply. AND for your wonderful offer to help > us with this project! We are THRILLED! > > This morning, I checked online for a freely usable Japanese Bible > electronic text. What I found is supplied by the Japanese Bible > Society. So, I phoned them to ask about Copyrights and whatever else > might be important to know. > They were very cordial. They asked if you would kindly contact them, > personally. They said they will be happy to supply you with what is > necessary, but they need to make sure of who you are. In the past, some > who were wanting to use the Bible for unscrupulous purposes, wanted > their files... thus their policy to check everyone out carefully. Could > I ask you to be in touch with them, yourselves? Thanks so much. > > Their contact information is: > > Japan Bible Society > 5-1,Ginza 4-chome,Chuo-ku,Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan > Phone:+81-3-3567-0385 > Fax:+81-3-3567-4451 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > URL: http://www.bible.or.jp/e/index.html > > If there is any way I can help in this, I would be most happy to do so. > > If we can at last have the Bible we use, the Kogoyaku version (口語訳) > of the Japanese Bible, on software for the Pocket PC, it will be a > terrific help to us in our work. You see, Japanese Bibles don't have > concordances or references in them. So, when we are out, it is not > possible to look up references. Instead, we try going through our > English Bibles and then work back into Japanese. This usually works, > but it is not the best. And, of course, it is not an option for those > who don't know English well. > > Thank you so much for your interest in helping! > > Gratefully, Suzie Perry > > ________________________________ > > Subject: Japanese Bibles > From: Suzie Perry > Date: 2/9/2007 03:57 AM > To: Troy A. Griffitts > > Hello again, Troy! > > This morning I wrote to you about contacting the Japan Bible Society. > Well, one of our missionaries just phoned to say they found a free > version of the Japanese Bible online! It can be found at: > http://www.monoon.com/bible > Then you scroll down the page until you come to Japanese, and select the > first version on this list, which is JKUG 口語訳. I don't know which > company is better for you to go through. But I just wanted to offer you > all the options we have found. > > Many many thanks! > > Gratefully, Suzie Perry > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Japanese-Bibles-tp8990021p14551476.html Sent from the SWORD Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
