Matthew Carlton has a B.A. from Concordia College where he minored in Biblical languages and in Biblical studies. He also has an M.A. in linguistics from the University of Texas at Arlington and received an honorary doctorate from Concordia University in 2003. From 1984 to 1988 he worked with the Grebo people of Liberia to translate the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament, as well as establish an indigenous literacy program. Matthew is currently a branch translation consultant for SIL .His primary role is developing the TRT series publications and working with others to adapt it to other major languages.