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Pierre Robert Olivetan/Olivétan ( c. 1506 – 1538), a Waldensian by faith[ citation needed], was the first translator of the Bible into the French language on the basis of Hebrew and Greek texts, rather than from Latin. He was a cousin of John Calvin, who wrote a Latin preface for the translation, [1] often called the Olivetan Bible .
His work was based on that of his teacher Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples. [2] It was published in 1535 as La Bible Qui est toute la Saincte scripture [3] at Neuchâtel. This translation has been considered the first French Protestant Bible. [4]