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Overview of Training Manual

The training manual follows the tasks in the SIL Compact Plan. The page numbers refer to the PDF.

Introduction​

1. Course introduction ... p.10

Stage 1 Drafting​

2. Organising your desktop ... p.17
3. Assignments and progress ... p.29
4. Keyboarding your draft ... p.35
5. Basic checks ... p.45
6. Project progress ... p.49

Stage 2 Team check​

7. Proper Names ... p.54
8. Spell Checking ... p.61
9. Glossary ... p.72
10. A 4-Step process for ... Biblical Terms ... p.78
11. Compare a word or phrase ... p.89
12. Basic Checks ... p.94
13. Formatting checks ... p.104
14. Printing Drafts ... p.109
15. Using Notes ... p.114

Stage 3 Prepare for consultant​

16. Draft a Back Translation ... p.125
17. Interlinearize a project ... p.132
18. Compare Text ... p.137
19. Basic checks 3 ... p.140

Stage 4 Consultant check​

20. Collaboration Tools ... p.149

Stage 5 (Stage 3 UBS) Community review​

21. Progress report ... p.157
22. Biblical key terms report ... p.159

Stage 6 (Stage 4 UBS) Finalising for Publication​

23. Parallel Passages ... p.162
24. Finalising for Publication ... p.170
25. Create a study Bible ... p.179

Appendix​

A. Special texts ... p.186
B. Three letter abbreviations ... p.191
C. Common USFM markers ... p.194