Translation Helps

BT Servant · Translation Helps

The translation resources behind your translation coach

Open scripture helps for AI-powered Bible translation.

Translation Helps MCP is the resource layer in the BT Servant ecosystem — giving assistants live access to scripture text, notes, words, questions, and Academy articles from unfoldingWord.

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  • Open licensed (CC BY-SA)
  • 60+ languages
  • MCP standard

Built on unfoldingWord’s open translation helps — the same resources that power BT Servant.

Resources

What are translation helps?

Open Bible resources for mother-tongue translators — a literal text, a simplified text, and the notes, words, and questions that go with them. Available in many languages through Door43.

Created by unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA. Fetched live from Door43 — never modified or rehosted.

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Scripture text

Literal and simplified source texts in many languages, plus Hebrew and Greek originals.

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TN

Translation Notes

Verse-by-verse help on meaning, grammar, and wording choices — available in many languages.

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TW

Translation Words

Short articles on key biblical terms and how they are used — available in many languages.

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TA

Translation Academy

A craft manual for process, checking, and common issues — available in many languages.

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TQ

Translation Questions

Comprehension checks that a draft communicates clearly — available in many languages.

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OBS

Open Bible Stories

Fifty key stories for oral translation and community checking — in many languages.

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From server to answer

Three steps. No friction. Ground every translation question in trusted helps.

1

Connect an assistant

Point Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client at this server — or open Chat on the web.

2

Ask about a passage

Request scripture, notes, key terms, or Academy guidance in the language you serve.

3

Get grounded helps

Answers cite unfoldingWord resources — the same open catalog that powers BT Servant.

Catalog

Available tools

Structured JSON plus human-readable text. Errors include machine-readable codes and actionable hints — ready for BT Servant–style assistants.

list_languages
List languages with tc-ready Door43 resources.
list_resources
Availability summary of resource types for a language.
get_passage
Scripture text for a reference (literal + simplified + original).
get_passage_context
Background notes and resource availability for a passage.
get_passage_index
Survey translation notes and key terms for a passage.
get_note
Full translation note bodies for a passage.
get_academy_article
Fetch a Translation Academy article by path.
get_word_article
Fetch a Translation Words article by path.
get_questions
Translation questions for a passage.
search_articles
Lexical search across TA and TW articles.
get_obs_story
Open Bible Stories story text.
get_obs_notes
OBS translation notes for a story:frame.
get_obs_questions
OBS translation questions for a story:frame.

Setup

Connect

Add this server to any MCP-compatible AI assistant — the same protocol BT Servant uses to ground answers in translation helps.

json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "translation-helps": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://tc-helps.mcp.servant.bible/v2/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Bring translation helps into your assistant.

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