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An initiative ofunfoldingWord

Translate Scripture in your language

Tools for churches and translation teams to understand, translate, and check Scripture.

translationCore Desktop: source text, a draft, and translation notes side by side
Recording a segment in translationCore Mobile

Understand

Explore what Scripture means.

Translate

Express it naturally, in writing or speech.

Check

Review for accuracy and clarity.

translationCore Desktop

From understanding to sharing Scripture

One workspace that brings unfoldingWord’s translation resources together, so translators can understand Scripture and translate it accurately and clearly. Works offline.

  • Understand the passage
  • Draft and revise together
  • Check and align
  • Export and share

New: we recently rolled out translationCore v4 Beta. Previous version

Drafting a section with notes alongside

Drafting a section with notes alongside.

Recording one segment of a chapter

Recording one segment of a chapter.

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translationCore Mobile

Speak. Record. Listen. Translate.

Record on a phone, listen back, and improve. Works offline.

Churches and teams, in their own languages

translationCore Desktop

A translation your community can trust

Draft, check, and align in one workspace, even offline.

“translationCore is the fastest software we have ever seen.”
Ibrahim, translation trainer
A translator working on a laptop while teammates work alongside
Translating together, side by side.

translationCore Mobile

Oral translation, with just a phone

Leaders at a Nairobi workshop recorded Bible stories in their own languages, using only phones.

“With this app, we can take the training and the technology to the people we are trying to reach.”
Local Bible translator
A translator listens back to a recording on translationCore Mobile
Listening back to a recording.
Support Church Centric Bible translation

Biblical Resources

Open-licensed and free to use, share, and adapt.

Training & Support

Initiatives that support every translator.

Open tools for Church Centric translation work

Open-licensed, free, and built to work offline.

Get started

Desktop

Windows, Mac, and Linux. New: translationCore v4 Beta.

Looking for the previous version?

Mobile

Free on Android, iPhone, and the web.

Need help? Getting Started · Release Notes