Work on such a translation began in December 1947. In 1950 the New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures was released in English.
وَفِي سَنَةِ ١٩٦١ ،‏ صَدَرَ كَامِلُ الكتاب المقدس —‏ ترجمة العالم الجديد باللغةِ الانكليزيةِ فِي مُجَلَّدٍ وَاحِدٍ .‏