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Flambée d’Ebola dans la préfecture de N’Zérékoré en Guinée – carte linguistique

March 10, 2021 by TWB Communications

Consultez nos cartes détaillées pour en savoir plus sur les besoins linguistiques et de communication en Guinée..

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Ebola Outbreak in N’Zérékoré, Guinea – Crisis Language Map

March 9, 2021 by TWB Communications

Learn more about language and communication needs in Guinea.

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TWB language maps for Hurricane Eta: Spanish alone is not enough

November 3, 2020 by TWB Communications

On November 3, 2020, Hurricane Eta hit northern Nicaragua and continued on to Honduras, eastern Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador. Up to 4.6 million people in its path faced the risk of flooding and landslides as a result of high winds and heavy rain, and tens of thousands evacuated for safety as homes and bridges […]

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TWB and KoBo Inc develop speech recognition technology to capture voices of speakers of marginalized languages

September 1, 2020 by TWB Communications

DANBURY, Conn., USA – September 1, 2020 Translators without Borders (TWB) and KoBo Inc. with funding from the Cisco Foundation, will develop automatic speech recognition technology to help humanitarians better collect data from speakers of marginalized languages in low-literacy contexts. The initiative is part of TWB’s ongoing strategy to develop language technology for people with […]

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TWB glossary for the Democratic Republic of Congo

June 17, 2020 by TWB Communications

TWB Glossary for the Democratic Republic of Congo

French – Congolese Swahili- Lingala- Nande- English – Mongo – Ngombe – Tshiluba Clear information in the right language and consistent use of terminology helps minimize confusion and improves communication. This glossary will help anyone working on the humanitarian response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to communicate more effectively. This glossary contains health, […]

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TWB Glossary for Myanmar

January 9, 2020 by TWB Communications

This glossary includes terminology for Rohingya, Rakhine, Myanmar, and English.   View and use the glossary here.      

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Survivors of Cyclone Idai: 33% do not have information they can understand

May 23, 2019 by TWB Communications

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Humanitarian responders need to use local languages to communicate effectively with crisis-affected people living in Beira, Mozambique DANBURY, Conn., USA – 23 May, 2019. Translators without Borders (TWB) found that 33% of people surveyed in Beira, Mozambique lack the information they need following Cyclone Idai, in a language they understand. Humanitarian responders should understand the […]

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Are they listening? The challenges and opportunities of multilingual audio communication in Borno State

May 15, 2019 by TWB Communications

People affected by the conflict in linguistically diverse northeast Nigeria need to give and receive critical information in multiple languages. Options for doing so are currently limited, but rethinking how humanitarians use audio messaging to reach their intended audiences could change that. Research shows that audio is the most widely understood communication format among internally […]

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TWB Glossary for Mozambique

May 9, 2019 by TWB Communications

Portuguese – Ndau – Nyanja – Sena – Shona – English During a crisis, humanitarian responders and crisis-affected people need to communicate effectively. In the linguistically diverse, low-literacy context of Mozambique, key concepts and terms can create confusion and misunderstanding if not properly translated. TWB glossaries are designed to help bridge this communication gap by […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Africa, Crisis response, humanitarian, Language, Mozambique

Mozambique Provincial Language Maps

April 26, 2019 by TWB Communications

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To communicate with people affected by Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth, humanitarian responders need to know which languages people speak, and where. They need to know which formats are best to use when communicating with women, or less literate communities. Mozambicans speak more than 40 languages, and most women and many men cannot read or […]

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Translators without Borders scales program to develop machine translation for marginalized languages

April 26, 2019 by TWB Communications

Cisco funding increases focus on developing language technology to improve two-way communication DANBURY, Conn., USA – 26 April, 2019. Translators without Borders (TWB) has received funding from the Cisco Foundation, the corporate social responsibility partner of the global technology leader, to scale up Gamayun, the language equality initiative. The initiative uses advanced language technology to […]

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Cyclone Kenneth in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique – Crisis language map

April 26, 2019 by TWB Communications

Cyclone Kenneth hit the northern part of the country on 25 April 2019, the strongest storm in Mozambique’s recorded history and the second in five weeks. Strong winds, rainfall, landslides, and flooding are expected at the time of writing, endangering lives and livelihoods. In the wake of Cyclone Kenneth, people affected need to obtain critical […]

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TWB welcomes TRSB as new Gold sponsor

November 2, 2021

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