Jamaican Creole Translation Project

Gad Wod iina Fi Wi Langwij

F i W i B a i b l F i W i B a i b l F i W i B a i b l F i W i B a i b l

Bible Society of theWest Indies

Book on How to Write Jamaican Creole

24 Hagley Park PlazaP.O. Box 146, Kingston 10, Jamaica W.I.Phone: (876) 926-2772, Fax: (876) 926 - 0334E-mail: biblehouse@biblesocietywi.orgwww.biblesocietywi.org

BIBLE SOCIETY OF THE WEST INDIES

For further information contact:

The Jamaican Language UnitDep. of Language, Linguistics & Philosophy, UWI,Mona, JamaicaPhone: (876) 970-2953E-mail: jlu@uwimona.edu.jm.www.mona.uwi.edu/dllp/jlu/

Everyone at Jaspa’s workplace is talkingabout something they heard in the news.

Jaspa

: Mati, have you heard the news lately?

Mati

: What? Indies finally beat England?

Jaspa

: No sa! A wish…! It’s about BibleSociety and di Patwa Bible….

Mati

: Pat wa? I can’t read patwa! Sari!

Jaspa

: Well, they say it’s audio. So we’ll beable to listen it being read...

Mati

: They’ll also want to print it...

Jaspa

: Praps! But you can learn to read patwanow, yu know!

Mati

: We all write it differently, you know!

Jaspa

: No more, Misis! No more! Some a dipeople dem up a UWI have just published a book on how to write it. I’ve just bought mine.

Mati

: Oh! M

ay I have a look?

So far, the translation is resourced by qualifiedpersonnel and is informed by the best linguistictheory and practice. Nonetheless, we are in needof the following:1.prayer partners- to pray for the project on aregular basis2.volunteers- to read the translated text andprovide constructive criticisms3.financial supporters- to help finance impor-tant aspects of the project such as publicawareness.If you are able to assist us in any of the above-mentioned areas, do contact us

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