Note: this article was originally posted in April 2015 The aim of this procedure to show how a USFM marked up plain text scripture book can be converted to a set of single-chapter Adapt It documents ready for adapting work.
How to Improve a Poor Adaptation
Note: this article was originally posted in January 2015 What can be done when an adaptation comes out sounding far less than fluent? Some people do a second editorial pass through the document, using the Free Translation Mode feature. Free Translation Mode is
Advice for starting an Adaptation project
Note: this article was originally posted in January 2015 Adapt It will work effectively for non-scripture materials, as well as for scripture materials. Its effectiveness depends on the similarity of the source language (the language of the text you are
Adapting Literacy Books (version 6.5.3 and above)
Note: this article was originally posted in June 2014 Here’s something else that will be in 6.5.3 that you or others (particularly literacy workers) may find very helpful. A week or so again, Bob Eaton of Sth Asia Group asked
Converting whole book adaptations to chapter-wise collaboration with Paratext
Problem: I have an Adapt It Scripture book that has adaptation work done apart from collaborating with Paratext. How do I get Adapt It 6 to use this document collaborating chapter-by-chapter with Paratext? The ability to collaborate with Paratext (and