Release notes
What each release of tC4 added, oldest first. The newest is at the bottom.
alpha.1 — First public buildThe first public snapshot of translationCore 4, a ground-up rewrite. Create a project and draft beside source texts.
alpha.2 — Check and alignCheck a whole book with Translation Notes and Translation Words, and align verses to the original language.
alpha.4 — Open and resumeResume where you left off after a restart, checkpoints on mode changes, and the new design for Understand, Translate and Check.
alpha.5 — Drafting for realDraft a whole section at a time, place verse numbers, join verses into spans, format paragraphs and poetry, and read a passage with helps.
alpha.6 — Suggestions and resourcesAlignment suggestions, check comments and bookmarks, resource upgrades, and a guided fix for missing resources.
alpha.7 — Open Bible StoriesCreate an Open Bible Stories project, translate stories frame by frame with pictures, read them with helps, and check them.
Sep 27, 2026 — one + Add a project button on HomeHome now has one + Add a project button instead of three. It opens a dialog where you choose a new Bible, new Open Bible Stories, or an import. The Home heading is now Your projects.
What's new in 4.0 rc.1Get your work out and bring existing work in: export a book as PDF, USFM or a Scripture Burrito, export stories as Markdown, PDF or a burrito, and import translationCore 3, USFM and Scripture Burrito files. Plus project Settings on the Home card, new books opening in Understand, English helps v91 in the box, and Spacing and Paper size for printing.
What's new in 4.0 rc.2The public beta. A preparing window on first start, numbered repeated words and multi-word placing in Align, drag-select in Check, and Previous and Next beside the marking buttons. Updated October 20: poetry verses open whole, and alignments follow their words.