Import Source Texts

[jag3773]

We need to get all the available and quality public domain texts imported into tS. This relates to #491 #490 #492 . Contact me for more information on the list of resources that need imported.

[jag3773]

https://github.com/Door43/tools/blob/master/uwb/usfm_tS_import.py

[IllustriousMelchior]

The Mandarin Chinese Union Version translation has two editions the Shen and Shangti. Which of these are we looking for?

[da1nerd]

@Bastion- let's go with both. The app supports multiple versions under a single language.

[IllustriousMelchior]

I have a USFM of the Urdu version. It is not public domain, but I contacted the organization, and they said the text is royalty free and can be freely downloaded and distributed. Will that work?

[da1nerd]

@jag3773 see above comment? And below :)

[IllustriousMelchior]

In my research I have found that the Chinese Union Version is in Mandarin. The required versions from etherpad state that we need the simplified and traditional Chinese Union Bible as well as the Mandarin Union Version. It seems as though they are in the same language. Is there something else that differentiates the listed Mandarin version from the Chinese Union Bible?

EDIT: removed link to etherpad bible imports. - @neutrinog

[jag3773]

@Bastion- The texts either need to be Public Domain or CC-BY-SA. Little else will be sufficient.

@richmahn can help with the Chinese questions.

[IllustriousMelchior]

@jag3773 With your python code for submitting texts, what is the checking entity? Is that the individual who uploaded the file, or is it something else? I don't want to start submitting nonsense, but I am not sure what that is referring to.

[jag3773]

The checking identity would be whoever was responsible for the translation. For most of these existing texts you'll want to put the names of the Bible Societies and/or publishers of the text. For example, the Arabic Van Dyke version that we imported lists "Syrian Mission;American Bible Society;PNG Bible Translation Association".

[IllustriousMelchior]

The four texts that are available from ebible.org Arabic Van Dyke, Chinese Union Simplified, Chinese Union Traditional, and Russian are in the public domain. I checked the python script for importing them, and it works on Windows 7 so long as local_res has the leading slash removed from \tmp{0}. I also found a free online tool that can convert some common Bible formats into the usfm format. The tool can be found here: http://freely-given.org/Software/BibleDropBox/. As for the other texts, I am still looking for public domain texts. I found a copy of an Urdu text, but it is copyrighted and they don't allow derivative works, so I am still looking. I have not found a single instance, copyrighted or not, of the other texts, so the hunt is still on for them.

[jag3773]

@Bastion- @richmahn and @neutrinog We need to have a meeting to go over the current state of this and what needs to be done here. Can you three schedule a meeting for next week? I'll be out of town but I think @richmahn can spearhead the meeting.

[richmahn]

I'm finally hear to answer questions and now to spearhead this. As for the Chinese verison, @Bastion- , sorry for answering this finally. Shen and Shangti are two ways to say "God" and some Chinese prefer one way over the other...kind of like our LORD/Jehovah/Yahwey issue in English. I could see which is most prefered (I see Shangti mostly used at my Chinese church) but if we can use both, that is good.