{"id":561,"date":"2025-12-10T01:34:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T01:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/illustrations\/learn\/maps\/why-you-need-a-labeler\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T00:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:24:33","slug":"map-labeler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/illustrations\/maps\/map-labeler\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Need a Labeler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Why the Translation Team Should Not Just Come Up with a List of Place-Names<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-section\">\n<div class=\"info-card\">\n<p>It used to be a common practice for typesetters to simply ask the translation team to provide a list of place-names for labeling maps.<br \/>\n        There were multiple problems with this approach, stemming from the fact that place-names are notorious for being spelled inconsistently in<br \/>\n        minority-language Scripture projects, because place-names are typically transliterations, and there are always multiple ways that Hebrew or<br \/>\n        Greek terms could be transliterated into any given language:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sometimes the provided place-name doesn&#8217;t match the approved rendering in the Paratext project&#8217;s Biblical Terms.<\/li>\n<li>Other times, it matches the rendering, but that rendering isn&#8217;t consistently used throughout the Scripture text.<\/li>\n<li>In yet other cases, the rendering used in the Old Testament doesn&#8217;t match the rendering used in the New Testament when it should.<br \/>\n          (E.g., if the place that Abram first moved to is spelled &#8220;Haran&#8221; in the Old Testament but spelled &#8220;Harran&#8221; in the New Testament.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The solution is to use a tool that can extract the approved place-names directly from the Paratext project&#8217;s term renderings data, and from it, create data merge files that can be used with our IDML and MAPX maps.<br \/>\n        All of our maps and diagrams are enabled for use with such data merge files.<br \/>\n        (While it is possible to copy and paste label text into any of our map files, this is strongly discouraged.)\n        <\/p>\n<p>We have two main tools for this purpose. Both are free to download and use:<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 20px;margin-top: 20px\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 200px;min-width: 200px;padding: 15px\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;margin-bottom: 15px\">Scripture Map Labeler<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px\">This is the original plugin that is integrated into Paratext 9 (or 8).<br \/>\n              Map labels are entered as verses in the chapters of a Paratext Extra book, such as XXA.<br \/>\n              This works in conjunction with a Paratext resource (SMP1 or SMP1es) that defines which labels<br \/>\n              are associated with which chapters and verses.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/sil.org\/scripture-map-labeler\/home\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn\" style=\"padding: 12px 24px;background: #007bff;color: white;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 6px;font-weight: 600;margin: 10px 0\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                  \ud83d\udd17 Get Scripture Map Labeler<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 200px;min-width: 200px;padding: 15px\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;margin-bottom: 15px\">Paratext Diagram Labeler<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px\">This is the successor to Scripture Map Labeler. A beta version is currently available as a standalone application for Paratext 9. (This will in due course be integrated into Paratext 10 as an extension.)<br \/>\n              Map labels are entered in either a graphical or tabular layout, with additional context provided for translation.<br \/>\n              It also provides a view on where the terms are found or missing in the Scripture text, similar to the familiar Biblical Terms Tool.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/tiny.cc\/labeler\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn\" style=\"padding: 12px 24px;background: #007bff;color: white;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 6px;font-weight: 600;margin: 10px 0\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                  \ud83d\udd17 Get Paratext Diagram Labeler<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why the Translation Team Should Not Just Come Up with a List of Place-Names It used to be a common practice for typesetters to simply ask the translation team to provide a list of place-names for labeling maps. 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