Missing text in numerous verses of the Thai Bible

Brad Beckett

I'm not sure if this is the best place to report this or not.  I have already sent a number of typo reports from within Logos 4, but there are way too many for me to take the time to report one by one.  It seems that an error was made in importing the Thai text into Logos.  Often when a section of text is set off from the beginning of the verse with white space such as the greetings in Paul's letters, the entire second half of the verse is missing. 

For instance in 1 Thessalonians 1:1 the phrase identifying the authors

English: "Paul, Silas and Timothy" (NIV)

Thai: "เปาโล สิลวานัส และทิโมธี" (THB)

is present, but the address to the recipients and the greeting (i.e. To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.") is missing.  In Thai, the missing text of the verse is:เรียน คริสตจักร​ของ​ชาว​เมือง​เธ​สะโล​นิ​กา ใน​พระ​บิดา​เจ้า​และ​พระ​เยซู​คริสต​เจ้า ขอ​ให้​พระ​คุณ​และ​สันติ​สุข​ดำรง​อยู่​กับ​ท่าน​ทั้ง​หลาย​เถิด​

This is a consistent omission when part of the verse is separated off from the beginning of the verse with white space.  I have noted the exact same problem in Philippians 1:1, Colossians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 2 Thessalonians1:1, 1 Timothy 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:2, Titus 1:4, Philemon 1:1, Hebrews 1:5, 1 Peter 1:1; 2 Peter 1:1; 2 John 1:1; 3 John 1:1, etc...

In Hebrews 1:5, both the beginning and the end of the verse are present in the Thai text, but the "Or again" phrase (และ​ยัง​ตรัส​อีก​ว่า) is missing from the middle of the verse.

I found all of these textual mistakes within 10-15 minutes just by browsing to the sections that have text separated by white space in a given verse (i.e. greetings, quotations of OT, etc...).  It seems that the Logos version of the Thai Bible contains numerous textual omissions in its present form.

 

Brad Beckett

TCBlack

In particular Brad, concerning this type of error you've done well!

The internal typo reports are the official channel and should be used as much as possible but something that is this systemic needs to be forwarded to the text development department.  

I hope someone from text dev sees this, or you might consider emailing support@logos.com directly.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

I'll pass this bug report along.