2007 World Conference Legislation

G-9 Greater Cooperation in Translations and Resource Development
(motion to refer carried)

From the South America Mission Center:

Whereas, The Bylaws of the Community of Christ indicate that “A basic principle of decision making in the Community of Christ is common consent. Common consent respects the rights of the people to assent to the general conduct of business within the church and to sustain those called of God to provide leadership”; and

Whereas, Several of the languages for which the church provides translation cover extensive geographic and cultural areas that contain linguistic variations within these primary language; and

Whereas, These languages represent “bridges” to other related languages; and

Whereas, A given resource could be adapted/translated relatively easily to additional languages spoken within the church; and

Whereas, Within each language group there are volunteers wanting to help in the creation, translation, editing, and production of written materials; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the church encourage the production of study resources in these various languages in a form that is readable and understandable; and be it further

Resolved, That an advisory committee be established for each language for which materials are translated within the church; and be it further

Resolved, That these committees shall meet only via the Internet and shall include the currently employed translations staff, a representative of each country that uses resources of the primary language, and a representative of each language related to the primary language (example: Quechua, for Portuguese, Quiché, for Spanish); and be it further

Resolved, That each committee encourage active participation by volunteers who can help in increasing the availability of written resources throughout the church.