The New American Bible was completed and then published in 1970. It was translated to English by the Confraternity of Christian Docterine in 1962-1965.
The New American Bible is the Bible which was translated for and is the official Bible of the Catholic Church in the United State, yes, it carries a the Bishops Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat.
The New American Standard Bible was completed in 1971 and has since be bought by millions of people. It was translated by a group from various denominational backgrounds and is constantly updated as required.
David Brainerd
William Morgan translated the whole Bible in 1588. But William Salisbury translated the New testament in 1567.
The Old Testament of the Bible was translated from Hebrew to English and the New Testament from Greek.
Modern American English
The American Bible Society has left a few marks on the world. One of these is that they have translated the Bible into several different languages and distributed billions.
New American Standard Bible was created in 1971.
The Bible has been translated into more than 50 of the Native American languages since the sixteenth century. It has also been translated into about nine of the languages of India as well.
The New American Standard Bible is not Catholic and is missing the deuterocanonical books removed by the Protestant Reformers. The New American Bible, however, is Catholic.
The New American Bible is a protetant publication.