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 [fr].
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.