Step 1
Transcript Fidelity
Kathy Keller and US-based content team meticulously review, polish and verify the original English transcript, ensuring accuracy and contextual resonance.
Gospel in Life Content Team
US-based
Kathy Keller
US-based
Our translation process
We’ve gathered teams of experts excited to translate Tim Keller’s sermons with integrity and authenticity.
Step 2
Translation Draft
US-based content team uses AI technology to efficiently create a first draft of translated text.
Gospel in Life Content Team
US-based
Step 3
Contextual Adaptation
A team of native-language speakers working directly with the Gospel in Life content team meticulously review and revise translated text to ensure linguistic and contextual accuracy.
Native-language-speaking Theologians, Expert Translators and Pastors
International
Step 4
Expert Review
Language supervisors—with deep expertise in the target language, the local community and its cultural context—lead teams of local theological experts to review translated text for precise alignment with Dr. Keller’s intention and delivery.
Language Supervisors
International
Step 5
Sermon Audio
Each sermon transcript is converted into an audio file, using advanced AI technology to generate Dr. Keller’s voice into the translated language, maintaining his authentic tone and inflection.
Local Translators
Based in target-language regions
ElevenLabs
AI Technology
Step 6
Audio Verification
Local translators verify accuracy of sermon audio to ensure delivery remains faithful to Dr. Keller’s original sermon.
Language Supervisors
International
Step 7
Community Review
Local listeners provide crowdsourcing feedback to the translation team to ensure accessibility, clarity and resonance before public distribution.
Local Listener Volunteers
Based in target-language regions
Pillars of Quality
Our translation process is guided by three pillars.
Theological Fidelity
Preserving the depth and nuance of Dr. Keller’s biblical teaching with unwavering consistency.
Cultural Resonance
Building a bridge from Dr. Keller’s context to the realities of listeners in diverse cultures.
Oral Authenticity
Crafting an audio translation in Dr. Keller’s voice, with his welcoming tone and engaging delivery.
Tim Keller in Different Languages
After 2 years of development, our first batch of translated audio sermons are already complete in 5 languages through gospelinlife.com and individual language podcasts. Newly translated sermons will be added weekly and 5 new languages will be introduced every year.
Progress
Over 20 sermons available in each of our first 5 languages.
Select a language to hear a sample sermon:
No hay otro evangelio
No Other GospelTim Keller
Translation Team
Our translation process is driven by expert local translators, theologians and pastors.
Language supervisors are fluent in both the target language and English. They are theologically trained, have experience translating theological works, and whenever possible, have a strong connection to Redeemer City to City—with a deep understanding of its global church planting work and its Gospel DNA, which was written by Tim Keller.
Translators are each native speakers, locally based in an area where the target language is the primary language spoken. They have theological training & professional translation experience.
A few of the translators
Ferdinand Haratua
Bahasa Indonesia Supervisor, Church Planter
Ferdinand Haratua is co-founder of Living Word Indonesia, a gospel-centred publishing house dedicated to translating English theological literature, including the works of Tim Keller, into Bahasa Indonesia. A native Indonesian fluent in both English and Bahasa Indonesia, he holds a Master of Divinity from Christ College, Sydney. He currently serves as pastor of an English-speaking Baptist church in Melbourne, Australia, planted through Redeemer City to City, and as a trainer and gospel coach for City to City Indonesia.
David Bello
Portuguese Supervisor, Church Planter
David Bello is a Brazilian pastor currently serving as Lead Pastor of Iglesia Bíblica Urbana in Madrid and mentoring a daughter church-planting project in Porto, Portugal, Igreja Bíblica Urbana. He holds a Master of Divinity from Seminário Servo de Cristo. David is also a translator, having led the Brazilian Portuguese editions of the Skateboard Bible and Landing Bolts, while contributing to major platforms like Coalizão pelo Evangelho, the Brazilian version of The Gospel Coalition.
Luke Luo
Mandarin Supervisor
After graduating from Taipei Reformed Theological Seminary in 2017, Luke Luo devoted himself to theological translations. He has translated and edited more than twenty books ever since, including Let the Reader Understand, Sacred Bond, Reformed Dogmatics (H. Bavinck), The Christian Faith (M. Horton), and Systematic Theology (L. Berkhof), Kingdom Prologue (M. Kline), Covenant Theology : Biblical, Theological, and Historical Perspectives.
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