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Re: [be] OT: USFM files to test with
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Eric |
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Re: [be] OT: USFM files to test with |
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Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:48:49 +0200 |
That might help, Teus. Thanks! I'll try it. The benefit of English is that thy
programmer understands it and more easily spots problems :). So if anyone has
an English translation in USFM/USFX with footnotes, that would be helpful, but
this one will help, too.
Thank you!
Eric
On Nov 13, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Teus Benschop wrote:
> If the footnotes are what is needed, then this link may have some
> footnotes and xrefs, but not for the KJV:
> https://sites.google.com/site/bibletranslationdata/ndebele-bible
> Teus
>
> On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 12:13 +0200, Eric wrote:
>> As a follow-up, these files do not have the KJV translator's footnotes. Of
>> course, they have Psalm titles. If anyone knows of a USFM/USFX source for
>> the KJV with the footnotes, please let me know.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Eric
>>
>> On Nov 13, 2010, at 8:46 AM, Eric wrote:
>>
>>> Teus,
>>>
>>> Thank you very much! I didn't happen to see those file :)
>>>
>>> I've downloaded and will check them out.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 13, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Teus Benschop wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> There are USFM files on ebible.org. Whether these have all the special
>>>> things you need, I have not checked out.
>>>>
>>>> Teus.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 07:48 +0200, Eric wrote:
>>>>> Hello, again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone offer KJV USFM files with, of course, Psalm titles, acrostic
>>>>> notations (either Hebrew letters or transliterations), and preferably
>>>>> also with the epistolary subscriptions, it would be most helpful to us.
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>
>>>>> Eric
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 12, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Eric wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi, all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone have some USFM files they'd like to let me use to test a
>>>>>> program to convert USFM to SwordSearcher format? (see
>>>>>> www.swordsearcher.com for info on it; it's not free, but an elegant and
>>>>>> friendly application developed by one man).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are (well, not I, but a friend is) trying to make a usfm-usfx2ss
>>>>>> program to quickly make Bible modules for SwordSearcher. I only have one
>>>>>> USFM file to try, but if we had some more, we might be able to improve
>>>>>> the program. We convert USFM to USFX via WordSend
>>>>>> (http://code.google.com/p/wordsend/downloads/list; after installing one
>>>>>> uses the command line tools), then go from USFX to SS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am currently testing with Psalms, since having Psalm titles, acrostic
>>>>>> letters, "Selah", and plenty of footnotes gives us a pretty good test.
>>>>>> So, Psalms is a good one to try, maybe Lamentations also (acrostic
>>>>>> letters), and / or an Epistle like 1 Timothy with the epistolary note at
>>>>>> the end (e.g. as in KJV) saying "The first to Timothy was written from
>>>>>> Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana." is an
>>>>>> option. Anyway, the more complex the file, probably the better to test
>>>>>> it. And, though I dislike versification issues, if we had a USFM file
>>>>>> with some other versification than English and Original, that might be
>>>>>> good, too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If anyone would help us out with a file or two, it might help. If so, it
>>>>>> may involve some back-and-forth with e-mails, since we won't understand
>>>>>> the language of the USFM file Bible. Please send files to me off-list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If anyone has any other comments that may be useful, we're listening.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eric
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