NOTE: The Urantia Society of Greater New York (USGNY) is a duly registered non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose primary purpose is to foster the study, dissemination, and living of the teachings of The Urantia Book. To this end we provide frequent updates to this site’s content, including: Urantia Book translations, search engines, research tools, activities, and society-based information.
Below you will find a chronological list of important changes/updates, typically with links to the latest content.
Event History
eBook (epub) versions of all translations are being prepared. These free downloads, available -here- can be used in all popular eBook viewers.
Presently the following Urantia Book translations are available in this ePub format: English, Bulgarian, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, and German. The remaining translations will be available shortly!
A major website renovation was begun in January of 2017 and will be staged into production during the next few months. Key improvements will include: a sitewide responsive design and implementation, a sharp, contemporary, and efficient look and feel, the introduction of the Urantia Book Concept Library, and new search engine (Simple Search), and particularly important, an upgrade to the underlying technology that will enable the ongoing evolution of the site. Check debt consolidation loans for bad credit online decision australia.
In early 2017, the first, complete draft of the Turkish translation of The Urantia Book was completed.
In mid 2016, USGNY was awarded a Google Adwords grant as a non-profit organization. This advertising grant of $10,000/month is being actively managed to promote the Urantia revelation and society-related projects.
Work on the Turkish translation is continuing at a rapid pace and the first draft is expected to be completed in early 2017. Progress can be viewed here.
Work on the Danish translation is continuing at a rapid pace and the first draft is expected to be completed within a year. Progress can be viewed here.
A new, slick, and greatly improved menuing system has been introduced and is being propogated across the site.
A major restructure of the website is currently underway to make it fully compatible with mobile devices. All of the infrastructure pages have been completed and work is about to commence on the individual translation pages.
The Swedish Translation of The Urantia Book, URANTIA BOKEN, Svensk översättning is now available for online use and download here.
The Swedish SmartAid Search Engine ofThe Urantia Book, URANTIA BOKEN, Svensk översättning is now available for online use and download here.
The Swedish Search Engine ofThe Urantia Book, URANTIA BOKEN, Svensk översättning is now available for online use and download here.
The Bulgarian Search Engine ofThe Urantia Book, Книгата Урантия, translation is now available for online use and download here..
Complete Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian Search Engine ofThe Urantia Book, Knjiga Urantije, translation is now available for online use and download here..
Croatian Search Engine of PART III ofThe Urantia Book, Knjiga Urantije, is now available for online use here..
Croatian Search Engine of PART II ofThe Urantia Book, Knjiga Urantije, is now available for online use here..
Croatian Search Engine of PART I ofThe Urantia Book, Knjiga Urantije, is now available for online use here..
A complete Croatian translation of The Urantia Book, Knjiga Urantije, is now available for Download here..
An ePub version of the Bulgarian translation of The Urantia Book, Книгата Урантия, is now available for Download here..
The Bulgarian translation of The Urantia Book, Книгата Урантия, is now available for Download in MS/Word and PDF formats here. An ePub version is planned for near-term availability.
An ePub version of the Hungarian translation of The Urantia Book, Az Urantia könyv, is now available for Download here..
The complete AUDIO of the Russian translation of The Urantia Book, Книга Урантия, is now available for Download in MP3 format here.
The Hungarian translation of The Urantia Book, Az Urantia könyv, is now available for Download in MS/Word and PDF formats here. An ePub version is planned for near-term availability.
An ePub version of the Greek translation of The Urantia Book, Ουράντια βιβλίο, is now available for Download here..
The Greek translation of The Urantia Book, Ουράντια βιβλίο, is now available for Download in MS/Word and PDF formats here. An ePub version is planned for near-term availability.
Posting of the Russian audio files is continuing and should be completed in the summer of 2014. Links to the audios files can be found here.
Major re-work of the website’s look & feel is currently underway and being implemented incrementally.
Multi-lingual search engines with side-by-side comparison features (SmartAid) for all languages was introduced and various ‘language packs’ are available here.
Multi-lingual search engines (UBSE5) for all languages introduced and are available here.
Professionally Typeset Translations
For offline reading, uploading to eReaders, or local printing Download Typeset PDF Files of The Urantia Book (zipped)
Complete PDF files containing the Arabic translation have been created. One, is an Arabic-English version, the other is Arabic only. They are available here: Arabic PDF Versions.
Production of the Russian audio version of the UBSGNY translation is proceeding rapidly and can be listened to, or downloaded by following the links here.
The Farsi translation is proceeding and now includes pdf, MS/Word, and html files. It is available here.
The Turkish translation of The Urantia Book is proceeding rapidly (about 3 papers/month) and can ve viewed here.
The Croatian, Serbia, and Bosnian translation of The Urantia Book is now available here.
The Urantia Foundation-sponsored, in-progress, Danish translation is now available for viewing (here) and download in html, pdf, and doc formats (here). Papers will be posted as soon as they become available.
The Urantia Foundation-sponsored Estonian translation is now available for viewing (here) and download in html, pdf, and doc formats (here).
The Urantia Foundation-sponsored Spanish translation is now available for download in ePub format here.
The NY Society-sponsored Korean translation is now available for download in ePub format here.
The NY Society-sponsored Russian translation is now available for download in ePub format here.
Urantia Foundation’s German translation has been posted and made available for (free) bulk download here.
All available Farsi papers are available for free bulk download in the DOWNLOAD CENTER.
The Farsi (Iranian) text of The Urantia Book is being posted as the papers are available. Check back monthly for updates.
Added PDF downloads (See Download Center) for the following versions: Arabic, Finnish, French, Italian, Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish.
New look and feel for the Croatian portal to make it consistent with the rest of the site.
Feature to compare the Dutch and English translations of The Urantia Book, side-by-side.
Feature to compare the Finnish and English translations The Urantia Book, side-by-side.
Feature to compare the French and English translations The Urantia Book, side-by-side.
Feature to compare the Italian and English translations The Urantia Book, side-by-side.
Feature to compare the Lithuanian and English translations The Urantia Book, side-by-side.
Feature to compare the Polish and English translations The Urantia Book, side-by-side.
Feature to compare the Portuguese and English translations The Urantia Book, side-by-side.
Feature to compare the Spanish and English translations The Urantia Book, side-by-side.
The French Translation now has a feature to compare both the Jacquess Weiss and Foundation translations to the original English, as well as, to each other.
The side-by-side Arabic-English translation has been posted in its entirety.
The original Jacques Weiss French translation (1963) has been posted on the site and a feature has been added to compare this work to Urantia Foundation’s later work (1994).
The Arabic translation of The Urantia Book has been posted on this website. It is a work-in-progress and some files are not yet available. Please check back for updates.
Major enhancements to pages headers, including the language-focused search boxes for the Russian, Korean, and Croations pages, as well as, other usability features.
Established a multilingual Urantia Book search feature, available on the home page, or by clicking here.
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