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Paratext 9.2 beta is now available

It is our great privilege to announce to you the availability of the Beta version of Paratext 9.2!  On behalf of the entire development team, we hope that this software is a blessing to you in your work.

Today, you can download Paratext 9.2 Beta from the download page!

What’s New?

  • Paratext 9.2 includes major feature upgrades for Study Bible Authoring.  Older Study Bible projects can be migrated to the new, greatly improved, Study Bible Additions (SBA) project type.  The new improvements add  greater versatility, fix many old bugs, and provide much greater performance than the older Study Bible project format.  We think you will love it!  Detailed SBA improvements are linked below.
  • The Interlinearizer has been improved to make it easier to set up and reopen interlinear projects.  You may now choose to create an interlinear project using a translation project or resource as the model text, or you can create an interlinear project without a model text.
  • Paratext 9.2 includes an XML Resource Viewer.  This is a new capability to display XML based Biblical resources such as lexicons and commentaries.  The main advantages of XML resources is that they can break out of the confines of USFM markup and book-chapter-verse navigation.  Paratext 9.2 includes access to two XML resources, Liddel Scott Jones, Abbot-Smith, and more to come in the future.  Instructions to download and view these Greek lexicons are below.  An XML-based resource editor is currently in development, and will be offered as a Paratext plugin.
  • Paratext 9.2 includes a brand new Paratext Plugin API 2.0 that can be used to create new plugins to extend the functionality of Paratext in new ways.  As this API gets out into the hands of our partners’ development teams, we expect to see many new plugins become available for the Paratext community.  This offering of the plugin API includes Developer Documentation, the Paratext Plugin API 2.0 Wiki describing how to use the API, and Reference Plugins that demonstrate how to use the API in working code.
  • Paratext 9.2 includes a completely new Paratext Live backend support capability.  Paratext Live allows for real time collaborative editing of Bible translation projects, similar to Google Docs.  The new infrastructure provides greater reliability and performance in collaboration sessions.  If your team uses Paratext Live, please note that Paratext Live in 9.2 is not compatible with Paratext Live in 9.1.

Thank you for your support!

We hope that you can take the time to try out this beta offering.  Please let us know how it goes for you.  From within Paratext, you can go to the Paratext menu → Help → Give Feedback  menu option, fill out the form, and click “Send” to let us know how we are doing.  Your feedback is invaluable in identifying and fixing bugs.  Positive feedback is also very valuable for team morale and for partnership development.  So, please share your thoughts. …  read more

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Project Health Reports Give a Quick Look at Project Status

What is the status of this Paratext Project? This is a question that team administrators, translation coordinators, and consultants often want to know.  It is important for managing the team and for planning translation checking sessions.  The Assignments & Progress window can be used for this purpose, but there is another lesser-known feature called the Project Health Report.

The Project Health Report gives a compact and quick overview of a project to suit the needs of administrators and translation consultants that can be printed or saved as a PDF.  Additionally, the health report can combine the status of several projects into one document. …  read more

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Keyboard Shortcuts Are Here to Help You!

Did you know there are almost 100 different keyboard shortcuts available to help you in Paratext?! It’s true! Many common shortcut keys like Copy/Paste, Save, and Print are at your fingertips (pun intended), as well as Paratext-specific shortcuts that can save time when doing repetitive tasks.

Link to full keyboard shortcuts article

Want to go to a different verse reference without using the mouse? No problem!

What about undoing that last tab/window move? Yup!

How about quickly navigating that long list in your Find window, or even the Notes list window? Paratext can do that too. …  read more

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Making a Glossary in Paratext

Glossaries can be an important source of explanatory information for Bible readers. In her short article about glossaries, Katherine Barnwell gives several bits of helpful advice. Concerning when to begin a glossary she states:

“Translators should not wait until the New Testament is completed before starting to think about a glossary. As you are translating, make note of items that you will want to include in a glossary.

Prepare the glossary in the receptor language in time to allow for testing. The entries should be tested along with the Bible text. …  read more

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Collaboration through Project Sharing

Paratext makes collaboration possible even in these difficult times when face-to-face interaction is becoming rare. Project Sharing or Send/Receive is available for all registered projects. This feature is heavily used by translation teams to keep on working when it isn’t possible to share an office. Occasionally, however, problems can arise. Many of these issues can be resolved by following good practices. In May of 2020, we started the first in what was going to be a series of articles on Send/Receive. Instead, we’ve gone back to the old Paratext 7 project sharing manual and completely revised and updated it for Paratext 9. It is quite comprehensive and could be titled: Everything you ever wanted to know about Paratext project sharing but were afraid to ask. You can find the link to the manual at the bottom. …  read more

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