Kenyan Sign Language Translation Office Inaugurated

Oct 29, 2023 - 14:19

Guests listen to one of the translators’ explanation of what goes on at the Kenyan Sign Language. (Photos: William Inganga).

Nairobi

Sunday, October 29, 2023

KNA By William Inganga

Jehovah’s Witnesses inaugurated today a new Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) translation office in Buruburu, Nairobi.

The meeting place known as the Kingdom Hall that Jehovah’s Witnesses had been using in Buruburu for several years received a facelift. A recording booth is fitted stable Internet.

Connectivity and an alternate power source to curb the frequent blackouts are installed.

The facility offers space for collaborative work. Accommodation for the five volunteers at the site has been cared for through modest residences within the compound.

“We are very excited to open the translation office in this community where lifesaving Bible-based publications for the benefit of the deaf will be produced,” Noah Munyao, Spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kenya said. “We are thrilled to see the hard work of our constructionVolunteers come to fruition.”

The construction of the Translation Office began in March 2021. The successful completion of the facility, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, heralded a signal in July 2022 that a team of KSL translators could move in.

Adjacent to the KSL translation area is a Kingdom Hall, where weekly meetings that centreon Bible study are held. These meetings are open to the public and are free of charge.

The location of the office is rather strategic considering that a considerable number of deaf people live in the surrounding areas.

“Translation of publications into sign language has served to strengthen the congregations.

Because we now have what we need to teach Bible truths in a consistent and simple way,”said Debbie Mindu, one of the translation volunteers working at the new facility.

The Witnesses have been translating Bible-based publications into KSL since 2010.

Translation teams of Jehovah’s Witnesses around the globe have produced and distributed.

Numerous video publications in some 100 sign languages. These videos are available online at jw.org, without charge.

Courtesy; KNA