The unifying language of the gospel with the Church News translation coordinator, Vanessa Fitzgibbon
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🗓️ 21 September 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a global faith with 16.5 million members who speak dozens of languages. This October marks 50 years since Church leaders began translating the faith’s semiannual general conference. In 1961 messages were shared in Dutch, German, Samoan and Spanish. Today — as a reflection of this growing global faith — general conference addresses will be translated into 97 languages. This episode of the Church News podcast features Church News translation coordinator Vanessa Fitzgibbon. She will talk about the miracle of translation that connects a global Church and about translating Church News content from English into Spanish and Portuguese. Fitzgibbon, originally from Brazil, shares her conversion story, the process of translating Church News content and the necessity of seeking the Spirit during the process.
The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news. |
| 0:12.2 | Welcome to the church news podcast. |
| 0:14.4 | We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with leaders, members, and others on the church news team. |
| 0:24.7 | We end each church news podcast by giving our guests the last word |
| 0:28.8 | and the opportunity to answer the very important question. |
| 0:32.7 | What do you know now? |
| 0:34.5 | We hope each of you will also be able to answer the same question and say, |
| 0:38.5 | I have just been listening to the Church News podcast and this is what I know now. |
| 0:46.1 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a global church with now 16.5 million members. |
| 0:54.0 | This year 2021 also marks the 50th year general conference has been |
| 0:58.7 | translated. In 1961, it was shared in Dutch, German, Samoan, and Spanish. Now, as a reflection of |
| 1:07.0 | this growing global church, general conference is translated into more than 90 languages. |
| 1:12.8 | In addition, the Book of Mormon is now completely translated into 95 languages. And for the past |
| 1:19.1 | two years, the church news has been translated into Spanish and Portuguese. A living record of the |
| 1:24.3 | restoration, the church news is working hard to reach a growing global |
| 1:28.4 | audience. |
| 1:29.6 | For this episode of the Church News podcast, we are joined by Church News Translation Coordinator |
| 1:35.1 | Vanessa Fitzgibbon. |
| 1:36.9 | Originally from Brazil, Vanessa earned a bachelor's degree in Portuguese and English literature, |
| 1:42.5 | a master's degree from BYU and Luso Brazilian Literature, |
| 1:47.8 | and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Portuguese studies with a minor in Latin |
| 1:53.3 | American studies. Vanessa, we're so excited to have you on the Church News podcast. Thank you. It is |
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