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IBT-RAS Conference

The Institute for Bible Translation and the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences are holding an international conference on Oct.16-18, 2025 in Moscow: “Linguistic Forum 2025: Bible Translation as a Way to Preserve and Develop Language. Traditions and New Approaches."  Read more

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The Institute for Bible Translation has published the book of Ecclesiastes, or “The Preacher”, in the Sakha/Yakut language. The publication is introduced by a preface written by Orthodox Archbishop Roman of Yakutsk, in which he congratulates the readers on the publication of this book and notes that, despite the book’s apparent pessimism, it will help readers to understand their lives more deeply. 

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On April 7-10, IBT held a webinar on the book of Jeremiah. It was led by IBT's translation consultant, biblical scholar Dr Andrei Desnitsky. The webinar was attended by representatives of IBT's Abaza, Balkar, Chamalal, Kalmyk, Kabardian, Karachay, Khakas, Ossetic and Yakut projects, as well as partner organisations working on OT translation into Kyrgyz, Modvin-Erzya and Tajik.

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Borislav Arapović is the founder of the Institute for Bible Translation, a renowned Slavist, poet, member of the Swedish Society of Slavists, the Swedish Writers' Union, the Union of Croatian Writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa and Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

He founded IBT in 1973 with the conviction that every nation deserves to have a Bible in its own language. To this aim, Borislav Arapović initiated a large-scale effort to translate the Bible into the languages of the non-Slavic peoples of the USSR.

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Fourteen years after the initial publication of the Holy Bible in the Tuvan language of south Siberia, IBT has printed a corrected and updated 2nd edition. The first-ever translation of the Bible into Tuvan was originally published in 2011 with the stamp of approval of the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Work on this translation lasted 21 years with the participation of well-known Tuvan writers Nikolai Kuular, Maria Kuzhuget, Eduard Mizhit and others.