Re: Pace of work on Translation window

>I would just like to have an idea of how quickly this is intended to
>become a useable product. Are we trying to get it ready in a year,
>in three years, in twelve years? Will it sort of be posted as we
>finish each book, or all at once?
>
>Galen

The STEP project is a 5-yr plan, but things have been slow to get
going, and it will probably come out in phases.
As a result, we can bring out the Translations data in phases.
Perhaps we should aim to bring out the data without the textual
details (ie the variant details in brackets) till the next phase.
For the sake of efficiency it is worth recording the variant data we
come across, but don't worry about making it into a finished form.

For the OT we would record things like
* (one word less)
* (two letters moved)
and we may, if we happen to know something about the sources, note them, eg
* (one word less, based on Greek+??)
* (two letters moved, conjecture??)

For the NT we would record things like
* (UBS)
* (Maj)
and we might add in all the information, but we won't bother to sort
it all or verify it against the published NTs.

We want to include ALL the variants listed by UBS in the OT survey by
Barteleme et al
and ALL the variants listed for the NT UBS3 and UBS4
plus any variants which any of our standard list of translations rely on.

It is likely that, by the time the first phase of STEP comes out,
only some of the OT will be done,
though we should aim to have the whole NT done.

David IB