Scripture Engagement

 I just put this chart together: (click on the picture to make it larger) It shows how interrelated all the disciplines in SIL (or any linguistics and translation organisation) are. This has several implications: We all rely on the research carried out at a high level by those working in a particular domain Most of us end up being jack of trades, master of none There's a huge danger of siloisation (which I talked about in an earlier blog) i.e. that we don't talk to each other enough I deliberately put translation under 'SE & Translation', and SE before Translation, as these days we think through the Scripture Engagement goals of a project before getting to far in planning its scope. The latter is actually inseparable from the former, as how a translation will be used, and in what format, and by whom (which audience), will very much influence how the translation project moves forward, including decisions about how to translate in a given verse of Scripture. Also note