I've been looking for a Ukrainian translator for the office since this summer. We hired one this summer and she is working with us part-time, but we needed at least one more full-time and perhaps two. We've been looking for months, but just haven't found any. I even interviewed one or two but never heard back from them. But last week I interviewed a girl and had her do a trial piece and this week I hired her to start in January. Her name is Ivanka and she is a student at one of the universities here. She studies English, but not translation so we'll have to teach her theory of translation and things like that. Well, Kostia will have to teach her that.
Additionally, I had an inquiry this morning from a translator in another town, who actually has experience translating and we are looking into that possibility. He would only be able to work part-time, but it would be such a blessing to have someone who has experience. I'll still have to send him some test material to see if his style works for us, but I anticipate that it will.
I'm excited about those things. Finding Ukrainian translators now makes the difference between closing our office next year at this time or keeping it open and it also significantly affects my plans for the future.
On the prayer side, we are really short on funds to pay for the office this month and really for the future in general. Please do pray for us for that. Normally we raise salaries in the fall and spring because of inflation and we just don't have the finances to do that this year. We are hoping to do so in January, provided that God supplies the necessary funding. This is really a huge prayer need as there are about 15 people and their families depending on us for work. Besides our need to hire new people.
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