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Valerie Sutton Date: Mon Mar 29, 1999 4:22 pm Subject: SW Bible Translations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March 29, 1999 Hi Everyone! As you know, I am hoping to build an extensive SignWriting Library Online. The nice thing about the world wide web is that once literature is posted, it can remain there for the world to access, no matter whether I am able to work or not...so I see our SignWriting Library as an important resource for the future. Back on March 12th, I received this email message from Reverend Dettloff, who is a member of the SignWriting List: ~~~~~~~~~~~ To: SignWriting List From: "Ronald H. Dettloff" Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:06:06 EST Dear Valerie, Just to keep you up with what is going on here. We are all still excited about SW and are using it every week in our church. I just translated the Lord's Prayer into SW. We have done some of the parables of Jesus and other verses. What I need help on is ASL facial expressions. I need more lessons than just the one on topicalization. If I could learn how to better use the facial expressions I could make better use of my ASL skills. Ronald Dettloff, Pastor The Deaf Church ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Then I received this message: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To: SignWriting List From: "Ronald H. Dettloff" Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 08:42:05 EST You may post my translations and I would appreicate it if other people could improve them and send me a copy or disk we could all help each other. There are many words in the Bible that need to be put in SW which might be useful in other fields. God bless, and thanks for the encouragement, Ronald Dettloff, Pastor The Deaf Church 20880 Ten Mile Road St. Clair Shores, Michigan 48080 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Also, I received a document in the mail from Reverend Dettloff, typed in SignWriting. The document consists of ASL translations of different passages from the Bible, including Luke 10:30-10:37; and Matthew 6:9-6:13. I was particularly pleased to see that they used ColumnMaker to print the document down in vertical columns. It is nice to see someone use ColumnMaker!! So thank you, Ron, for the document and the question about facial expressions. I am glad you are interested in applying different aspects of grammar, which is the hardest part of writing any language. As you know, I have several lessons on this subject, but have not had the chance to post them on the web yet. I can imagine that must be frustrating for all of you - and for me too!! I think the first step is to go back to your document on the computer, and add the Topic Markers. They are not in the document right now. In fact, there are no facial expressions at all in your document at present. So start with the Topic Markers, since that lesson is already online: Writing ASL Grammar Lesson 1: Topic Markers https://www.SignWriting.org/sw149.html Once you have added the Topic Markers to your document, send me the typed SignWriter files as attached files through email. Do not send the attached files to our SignWriting List, but to me personally at: Valerie Sutton Then I can edit the documents and post them on our web site, for others to read. Then I will inform the SignWriting List, and perhaps some members will have comments and feedback. I know others have already posted messages about facial expressions, and I hope to jump into that discussion soon, so I would suggest following those messages closely for new tips :-) Thanks very much, Ron, for the work you are doing! And if there are other people on this List who have typed documents in SignWriting, write to me and we can discuss possibly adding your work to our SW Library Online...I already have several documents waiting to be posted. I will try to post them in the order they are received :-) Have a great day everyone - Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org The DAC, Deaf Action Committee for SW Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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