Founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators, in 1931 William Cameron Townsend presented a copy of the first Scriptures in an Indian tongue of Guatemala to the President of that country.
Interesting article inWikipedia
“Understanding Scripture in a language other than the heart language in which we think and experience emotion is "like trying to eat soup with a fork. You can get a little taste, but you cannot get nourished.”