out heast ▁Asia ▁under ▁the ▁dom ination ▁of ▁the ▁Dutch ▁East ▁India ▁Company . ▁The ▁man ▁responsible ▁for ▁its ▁elabor ation ▁process ▁was ▁João ▁Fer re ira ▁An nes ▁d ' Al me ida ▁( c . ▁ 1 6 2 8 - 1 6 9 1 ), ▁native ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Portugal , ▁but ▁resident ▁among ▁the ▁Dutch ▁since ▁his ▁youth . ▁A ▁first ▁edition ▁of ▁his ▁New ▁Testament ▁translation ▁was ▁printed ▁in ▁Amsterdam ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 6 8 1 , ▁in ▁the ▁passage ▁that ▁the ▁books ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament ▁were ▁published ▁from ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century ▁on wards ▁in ▁T ran qu eb ar ▁and ▁Bat avia . ▁ ▁Med ieval ▁Period ▁▁ ▁The ▁first ▁partial ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ▁that ▁is ▁known ▁is ▁the ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁king , ▁Din is ▁of ▁Portugal , ▁known ▁like ▁Bible ▁of ▁D . ▁Din is , ▁that ▁had ▁great ▁circul ation ▁during ▁its ▁reign . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁ 2 0 ▁chap ters ▁of ▁Gen esis , ▁from ▁the ▁V ul gate . ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁transl ations ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁the ▁mon ks ▁of ▁the ▁Alc oba ça ▁Mon aster y , ▁more ▁specifically ▁the ▁book ▁of ▁Act s ▁of ▁the ▁Apost les . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁D . ▁I ▁John ▁of ▁Portugal , ▁this ▁one ▁ordered ▁that ▁the ▁Bible ▁was ▁translated ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁vern ac ular . ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁and ▁the ▁Ps al ms , ▁translated ▁by