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Washington D.C., Sep 27, 2013 \/ 04:12 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- A new edition of the Old Testament in both English and Traditional Chinese is a valuable tool for Chinese Catholics and represents a new possibility for evangelization, say leaders in the community.<\/p>\n

\tCarolyn Ng, director of religious education for the Our Lady of China Pastoral Mission in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., told CNA on Sept. 24 that she is \u201coverjoyed\u201d about the new translation, and is \u201cvery happy there is such a tool for Evangelization as well as use among Catholics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tShe stated that the complete parallel translation will help baptized Catholics be able to participate more fully in the Chinese Catholic community, whether English or Chinese is their first language.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIf they share the Bible together with the elders, I think it will help everybody,\u201d Ng said, explaining that she thought the Bible would promote an \u201cintergenerational type of use.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tNg also noted that the parallel translation \u201cwill be a wonderful, wonderful tool\u201d for evangelizing Chinese atheists and agnostics \u201cwho are eager to learn English and who are curious about Christianity, especially the Catholic faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBishop Randolph R. Calvo of Reno, who chairs the U.S. bishops' committee on Asian and Pacific island affairs has called the new Bible a sign of \u201cthe continued growth and strengthening of the faith among Chinese Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe new parallel translation \u201chelps the Church around the world to understand the history and struggles of the Catholic Church in China,\u201d Bishop Calvo said in a Sept. 13 statement.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIn the Year of Faith, our hope is to see a greater number of Chinese Catholics growing in their faith, teaching their children about Jesus and spreading the word of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tWith the advent of the side-by-side translation of the Old Testament, a full Bible in both English and Chinese is now available to Catholics who are Chinese-American. A parallel translation of the New Testament in Traditional Chinese and English has been available since 2009, with a Simplified Chinese edition released in 2011.<\/p>\n

\tSimplified Chinese characters were introduced to the People's Republic of China in the mid-20th century, and are the primary written form of Chinese in mainland China and Singapore, while Traditional Chinese characters are primarily used in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau.<\/p>\n

\tAll editions of the parallel translation have used the New American Bible, Revised Edition, and the Chinese translations are those of Blessed Gabriele M. Allegra, a \u201cdetermined\u201d Italian priest who produced the first Chinese Bible translation in 1968 after a 40-year collaboration with scholars and translators.<\/p>\n

\tThere are an estimated 340,860 Chinese Catholics living in the United States \u2013 a minority of the largest Asian-American ethnic group in the United States. Ng estimated that there are about 40 Chinese Catholic communities \u201ccelebrating the Mass in Chinese on a regular basis,\u201d with many more Bible studies and prayer groups at parishes across the country.<\/p>\n

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