ETEN Innovation Lab
Lab Projects
The Innovation Lab is currently focused on supporting languages most at risk of missing ETEN’s All Access Goals. To explore innovations in Bible translation and activate and scale what is working across the movement, we prioritize three elements of innovation and work within key frameworks.
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Elements of Bible Translation Innovation
As the Lab focuses on the All Access Goal languages at risk, this work is being supported by these foundational shifts in the translation process.
Moving from text-dominant to including oral and visual translation methods.
Moving from AI as an add-on to AI integrated across tools and systems.
Moving from community as recipients to the local church leading translation.
Frameworks
Framework #1
This framework shows how emerging approaches progress over time across the Bible translation movement.
Framework #2
To support progress toward the All Access Goals languages at risk, these four zones reflect how the Lab’s portfolio is organized across varying levels of exploration and activation, and how the work may progress over time.
Zone 1: Research & Development
Engages with the latest industry advancements, contributing new tools and processes to the Bible translation exploration pipeline.
Zone 2: Validation
Tests integrated workflows through pilot projects, strengthening experimental tools and processes into operational models.
Zone 3: Acceleration
Applies validated approaches to restart translation in select at-risk AAG languages and, where needed, works with implementing partners to launch targeted new initiatives, with the goal of enabling replication across similar contexts.
Zone 4: Mainstream
Proven methodologies are adopted into partner operations as established approaches, reducing the need for continued direct involvement from the Innovation Lab.
Framework #2
To support progress toward the All Access Goals languages at risk, these four zones reflect how the Lab’s portfolio is organized across varying levels of exploration and activation, and how the work may progress over time.
Zone 1: Research & Development
Engages with the latest industry advancements, contributing new tools and processes to the Bible translation exploration pipeline.
Zone 2: Validation
Tests integrated workflows through pilot projects, strengthening experimental tools and processes into operational models.
Zone 3: Acceleration
Applies validated approaches to restart translation in select at-risk AAG languages and, where needed, works with implementing partners to launch targeted new initiatives, with the goal of enabling replication across similar contexts.
Zone 4: Mainstream
Proven methodologies are adopted into partner operations as established approaches, reducing the need for continued direct involvement from the Innovation Lab.