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Empowering Communities Through Technology

We provide the technical foundation and linguistic expertise for every community to flourish in the digital age.

Language Equity

People flourish when they can communicate in their own language. We build the tools to make that possible.

Local Partnership

We equip communities with the technical tools they need to reach their own language development goals.

Global Infrastructure

We share expert data and open-source resources to help every language community reach its full, God-given potential.

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We rely on open tools and processes to develop and support over 50 linguistic and translation products, including:

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Recent Posts

Scripture Forge
1 September 2026

Better visibility of the email for responses to requests for draft generation

Improvements: Users now see which email address to check for responses during the onboarding process, helping them find their confirmation. Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue where the application would crash … read more

Keyman
31 August 2026

Keyman Internship 2026 – Android UI

Earlier this year, the Keyman team working out of the National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia (NPIC), វិទ្យាស្ថានជាតិពហុបច្ចេកទេសកម្ពុជា, in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, offered an internsh… read more

FLExTrans
26 August 2026

FLExTrans version 3.16 released

New AI Rule Studio tool — describe a transfer rule or macro in your own words and let an AI provider write it Creates a new rule or modifies an existing one, and Explain mode describes what an existin… read more