Eric Pyle's now and then (neither here nor there)
June 16, 2005
Wycliffe brief update
Message
Dear friends, family, and fellow believers,
Since I last wrote a couple months ago, I've been busy helping to add
some cool new features to our dictionary tool that is still under
construction. One such feature is giving each missionary power to configure how
the tool displays their dictionary entries in a way that makes sense for their
language project. I've also been working with another programmer on a feature to
enable our missionaries to specify the relationship between words like "synonym"
and "antonym" or "whole" and "part". We're hoping to be finished with this
round of new features by the end of June. Then we'll focus on making the tool
more reliable to use. If all goes as scheduled, missionaries will be using this
tool for their projects by the end of the year! My past March newsletter has an
introduction to this new software and its value for helping to speed up the
translation process. In case you missed it, check out the "Dictionaries
with Hyper-Drive" box (http://opcNorman.org/Wycliffe/EricPyle/newsletters/heart_lang_exp_mar05.pdf).
Our JAARS team just returned from India where
they showed off the Translation editor tool they are trying to finish in order
to gain user support for it. Rumor has it that one well respected
translator there has decided to start using the tool to finish his Old Testament
translation. This means many others will likely want to use it on their
translations also.
The number of us programmers has dwindled for
the summer in Dallas. (Down to five in my room.) Some of us are working remotely
from over seas or are on furlough. Most of us are typically either working at
JAARS in Waxhaw, NC or at SIL in Dallas, TX, but a few of us are located in
places like Canada and the UK. To give you an idea of what we all look like
together, I've uploaded a picture taken at our developers' conference in March.
(If you squint, you can see me on the top row on the far right.)
http://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EeEMnLFs5ctGMs
In
other news, I finished my seminary class and men's leadership class a couple
of weeks ago. But that doesn't mean I'm through with all the real-life
homework assignments God will give me in his providence this summer!
Please pray I'll continue to grow in usefulness to my team. Many
of the tasks that I am working on are new and complex. There are so many
opportunities each day for me to actively learn from the experience and ideas of
the programmers I work with. We would also appreciate your prayers that
the Lord would add to our numbers here. We could sure use some more local
staff! Thanks again for all your support! Blessings
abounding in Christ, Eric D. Pyle
Webpage:
http://www.opcNorman.org/Wycliffe/EricPyle/ Personal Address: 1520 Bradford St, Irving, TX 75061
(469-222-2865) Wycliffe Bible
Translators: P.O. Box 628200, Orlando, Florida
32862-8200
Posted by Eric Pyle at June 16, 2005 8:43 PM
Passing Thoughts
Thanks for the update Eric. We always appreciate them!
Posted by: Rose P | June 14, 2006 9:40 PM