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How long would this project take? There are about 8000 verses in the [[New Testament]]. At a careful rate of translating about four verses an hour, it would take one person 2000 hours, or about one year working full time on the project.

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~~== Possible Approaches ==~~

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~~Here are possible approaches to creating a conservative Bible translation:~~

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*identify pro-liberal terms used in existing Bible translations, such as "government", and suggest more accurate substitutes

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*identify the omission of liberal terms for vices, such as "gambling", and identify where they should be used

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*identify conservative terms that are omitted from existing translations, and propose where they could improve the translation

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*identify terms that have lost their original meaning, such as "word" in the beginning of the [[Gospel of John]], and suggest replacements, such as "truth"

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An existing translation might license its version for improvement by the above approaches, much as several modern translations today are built on prior translations. Alternatively, a more ambitious approach would be to start anew from the best available ancient transcripts.

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In stage one, the translation could focus on word improvement and thereby be described as a "conservative word-for-word" translation. If greater freedom in interpretation is then desired, then a "conservative thought-for-thought" version could be generated as a second stage.

== Building on the [[King James Version]] ==

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