Albert Schlicklin, Vietnamese name Cố Chính Linh ( Liebsdorf, 12 November 1857 -

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, 2 March 1932), was an Alsatian

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priest in

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who translated the Bible from

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into Vietnamese, as the ''Cô Chinh Linh version''. His translation (1916) remained most popular among Catholics until 1970.''Bulletin de la Société des études indo-chinoises de Saigon'' Volume 45 Société des études indo-chinoises - 1970 "... par la rapide évolution de la langue vietnamienne et de sa terminologie chrétienne. En comparaison avec la traduction complète de la Sainte-Bible du père Albertus Schlicklin (en vietnamien Cô Chinh Linh) éditée en 1916 et celle du père

Gérard Gagnon Gérard Gagnon, Vietnamese name Nhân (fl. 1970s), is a Canadian Redemptorist priest formerly based in Da Lat Da Lat, or Dalat (; ), is the capital of Lâm Đồng Province and the largest city of the Central Highlands (Vietnam), Central Highla ...

(en vietnamien Tâm Ngoc) publiée en fascicules au cours de la dernière ." He was sent to Vietnam by the

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in 1885.

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Missions Etrangères de Paris Albert Schlicklin
1857 births 1932 deaths Translators of the Bible into Vietnamese People from Haut-Rhin French Roman Catholic priests {{Vietnam-reli-bio-stub