News from GSO – June 30

GSO Memo to Literature Chair

Warmest greetings from your friends at G.S.O. in New York!

Welcome to all new Literature Chairpersons and best regards to all chairpersons who continue to help carry our message of hope and recovery through service on Literature Committees. If you have rotated on, please forward this report to your new Literature Chairperson along with the New Literature Chairperson Form and return envelope so that we can update our mailing list.

For those of you who are new, we try to communicate with you during the year to provide current literature information from the A.A. World Services Board, the General Service Office Publishing Department and the trustees’ and Conference Committees on Literature.

Read entire GSO Memo.

International Big Book

International Translations

The spring issue of Box 4-5-9 features a cover article about the life-saving results of our international translations. With the recent publication of the Rarotongan language Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous is now available in 69 approved translations, and thus in 70 languages total, including the original English. Thirty-three (33) languages are printed and distributed by A.A.W.S., Inc., and 37 languages are licensed to be printed and distributed by local entities abroad (with 22 printed by both A.A.W.S., Inc. and international A.A. entities).

There are 21 Big Book translations pending, at various stages of completion, which includes 14 new translations and 7 revisions.

A.A. World Services, Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book)
Languages Available as of December 31, 2016
Printed by A.A.W.S.: 33

Language

Country

English

U.S./Canada

French

U.S./Canada

Spanish

U.S./Canada

American Sign Language

U.S./Canada

Amharic

Ethiopia

Arabic

Bahrain

Armenian

Armenia

Bulgarian

Bulgaria

Chinese – Simplified

Mainland China

Chinese – Traditional

Taiwan

Croatian

Croatia

Farsi – Persian

Iran

Greek

Greece

Hebrew

Israel

Indonesian

Indonesia

Khmer

Cambodia

Low German

United States

Maltese

Malta

Nepali

Nepal

Ojibway

U.S./Canada

Rarotongan

Cook Islands

Romanian

Romania

Saami

Lapland

Sinhala

Sri Lanka

Slovak

Slovakia

Swahili

South Africa

Tagalog

Philippines

Thai

Thailand

Tibetan

Tibet

Turkish

Turkey

Urdu

Pakistan

Vietnamese

Vietnam

Zulu

South Africa

 


Printed by Local Service Structures: 37

Language

Country

Afrikaans*

South Africa

Bengali

India

Danish*

Denmark

Czech*

Czech Republic

Dutch/Flemish*

Netherlands

Estonian

Estonia

Finnish*

Finland

German*

Germany

Gujarati

India

Hindi

India

Hungarian*

Hungary

Icelandic*

Iceland

Italian*

Italy

Japanese*

Japan

Kannada

India

Korean*

South Korea

Latvian*

Latvia

Lithuanian*

Lithuania

Luganda

Uganda

Malayalam

India

Marathi

India

Mizo*

India

Mongolian*

Mongolia

Norwegian*

Norway

Polish

Poland

Portuguese ñ Brazilian*

Brazil

Portuguese ñ European*

Portugal

Punjabi

India

Russian*

Russia

Slovene*

Slovenia

Swedish*

Sweden

Tamil

India

Telugu

India

Twi

Ghana

Ukrainian*

Ukraine

Welsh

United Kingdom

Xhosa

South Africa

Total Big Book Languages: 70*Items sold by A.A.W.S. and local structures.


A.A.W.S. Big Book Languages Pending: 21

Language

Country

Albanian

Kosovo

Aasamee

India

Bambara

Mali

Haitian Creole

Haiti

Hebrew (newly revised translation)

Israel

Indonesian (newly revised translation)

Indonesia

Konkani

Goa – India

K’iche’ (Mayan)

Guatemala

Macedonian

Macedonia

Laotian

Lao

Navajo

USA

Polish (newly revised translation)

Poland

Purepecha

Mexico

Q’eqchi’ (Mayan)

Guatemala/ Belize

Quechua (Inca)

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Per˙

Slovak (newly revised translation)

Slovakia

Serbian

Serbia

Swedish (newly revised translation)

Sweden

Tatar

Russia

Thai (newly revised translation)

Thailand

Vietnamese (newly revised translation)

USA

Explanation of A.A. World Services, Inc. Licensing Procedure – from U.S./Canada Conference Charter: ìIn countries where a General Service Structure exists, the United States/Canada Conference will delegate sole right to publish our Conference-approved literature to the General Service Board of that structure.î

New from GSO

Current Projects

In keeping with the 2016 Advisory Action requesting that the “trustees’ Literature Committee update the pamphlet ‘Young People and A.A.’ to better reflect the experiences of young people in A.A. today,” the subcommittee is hard at work reviewing the nearly 100 stories which were submitted for consideration.

In addition, work continues on the development of literature for alcoholics with mental health issues and those who sponsor them (as per the 2015 Conference Advisory Action).

Literature Items on the Final Agenda for the 2017 General Service Conference

The following agenda items will be considered by the 2017 General Service Conference. This includes projects forwarded from the trustees’ Literature Committee and suggestions submitted for Conference consideration that the trustees’ Literature Committee agreed to forward to the Conference Literature Committee:

  • Consider request for revisions to the pamphlet “Questions and Answers on Sponsorship.”
  • Consider request to retire the pamphlet “Too Young?”
  • Discuss proposed plan for the annual review of recovery literature.
  • Review progress report on the update to the pamphlet “Young People and A.A.”
  • Review draft language about young people’s conferences, for inclusion in the pamphlet “Young People and A.A.”
  • Review revised draft pamphlet “A.A. for the Woman.”
  • Review revised draft pamphlet “Finding Acceptance: A.A. for the LGBTQ Alcoholic” (formerly titled “A.A. and the Gay/Lesbian Alcoholic”).
  • Review progress report on the development of literature for alcoholics with mental health issues and those who sponsor them.
  • Review draft sample illustrations and corresponding revised text for the pamphlet “The Twelve Traditions Illustrated.”
  • Review progress report on the revision to “Inside A.A.: Understanding the Fellowship and its Services.”
  • Consider requests for literature and/or language regarding safety.
  • Discuss request for a revision to the pamphlet “The A.A. Group.”