<P> Some fragments of the Bible were probably translated into Lithuanian when that country was converted to Christianity in the 14th century . A Hungarian Hussite Bible appeared in the mid 15th century, of which only fragments remain . </P> <P> The earliest translation into a vernacular European language other than Latin or Greek was the Gothic Bible, by Ulfilas, an Arian who translated from the Greek in the 4th century in Italy . </P> <P> The translation into Old Church Slavonic by Cyril and Methodius dates to the late 9th century though whether Cyril had to invent the Glagolitic alphabet for the purpose remains controversial . Versions of Church Slavonic language remain the liturgical languages of the Slavic Eastern Orthodox churches, though subject to some modernization . </P> <P> In the 10th century, Saadia Gaon translated the Old Testament in Arabic . Ishaq ibn Balask of Cordoba translated the gospels into Arabic in 946 . Hafs ibn Albar made a translation of the Psalms in 889 . </P>

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