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the January 19, 1956 minutes of the Board of Direc-
tors of A.A. Publishing, it was noted that A.A. groups

in Spain wanted copies of the same translation made
available to their members.

For a number of years several Spanish translations of
the Big Book were in circulation. When the General Ser-
vice Offi ce hired the fi rst Spanish Services coordinator, he

carefully reviewed the existing translations and expressed
concern about the version that was then in distribution.
Collaborating with the in-house Spanish editor/translator,

he then reviewed another existing translation and having
confi rmed its faithfulness to the English original, circulat-
ed this version to the member countries of CIATAL, the

Iberoamerican Commission on Translation and Adaptation
of A.A. Literature, for comment.

Following receipt of feedback, A.A. World Services,
Inc. decided in 1986 to publish this carefully reviewed
translation of the Spanish Big Book exclusively.

There was not a Spanish translation of the Big Book
printed anywhere in the world that included a personal
history section until Vincente M., Spanish Services staff

member at the General Service Offi ce, spearheaded the

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