Comments on: Speaking in Tongues: What’s the most multilingual religion web site?

By: John Yunker

John Yunker — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:13:37 +0000

Hi Elizabeth — You’re absolutely right. The LDS has been heavily invested in globalization over the years — though it’s not always apparent on the main web site. And thanks for mentioning SIL.org — they are producers of the invaluable Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/)

By: Elizabeth Pyatt

Elizabeth Pyatt — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:35:15 +0000

I agree that this is an impressive effort. I will add that the Church of Latter Day Saints gave a very impressive talk about how they manage a global Unicode-based membership database across all their local churches, and they are a member of the Unicode organization as is the United Bible Societies and SIL.org (a faith based linguistic group).

As you probably know input from other faiths, especially in terms of preserving sacred texts in the most appropriate format, has been an important consideration of Unicode.

By: Gunnar Bittersmann

Gunnar Bittersmann — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:57:35 +0000

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/WorldRecord.aspx says:

“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the Most Universal Document in the World

“The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has been awarded the Guinness World Record for having collected, translated and disseminated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into more than 300 languages and dialects: from Abkhaz to Zulu. The Universal Declaration is thus the document most translated – indeed, the most “universal” – in the world.”