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TWB’s Access to Knowledge Awards celebrate people who share knowledge across languages

July 28, 2020 by TWB Communications

DANBURY, Conn., USA – June 28, 2020 Translators without Borders (TWB) announced the winners of its eighth annual Access to Knowledge awards. These awards celebrate individuals and organizations that commit time and expertise to the organization. The people and organizations awarded support TWB to develop, provide, and advocate for technology and services in languages and […]

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TWB partners with tech leaders to develop COVID-19 language technology for 37 languages

July 6, 2020 by TWB Communications

Organization joins Google, Amazon, and others in the Translation Initiative for COVID-19 (TICO-19) DANBURY, Conn., USA – 6 July, 2020 Translators without Borders (TWB) has joined the Translation Initiative for COVID-19 (TICO-19). TICO-19 is focused on using language technology to make COVID-19 information available in as many languages as possible. TICO-19 includes translators, technologists, and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: covid-19, language technology

“Stay away from me.” TWB creates COVID-19 glossary of 186 terms in 33 languages

June 8, 2020 by TWB Communications

Nigeria Glossary COVID 19

Organization develops language tool to help people communicate about COVID-19 DANBURY, Conn., USA – 8 June, 2020 Translators without Borders (TWB) has developed a glossary in 33 languages to address language barriers involving COVID-19. This glossary will help health workers, global humanitarian organizations, and community-based responders communicate more effectively and consistently about COVID-19.  It will […]

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Language map for Sierra Leone

May 25, 2020 by TWB Communications

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Annual report 2017-2018

May 20, 2020 by TWB Communications

From April 2017 through December 2018, Translators without Borders (TWB) demonstrated that words have the power to change lives, if they are in the right language. This annual report reflects our growth, as we delivered language solutions for real-world problems. This growth is seen in our language communities, language service offerings, and improved language technology. […]

Filed Under: Annual Reports Tagged With: 2017, 2018, Annual report, Power of Words

TWB tackles COVID-19 “infodemic”

April 8, 2020 by TWB Communications

COVID-19 community translation

Organization provides open access to COVID-19 language resources for community organizations   DANBURY, Conn., USA – 08 April, 2020 Translators without Borders (TWB), an international NGO, is giving community organizations open access to its translation resources. TWB is launching the COVID-19 Community Translation Program to provide community organizations responding to COVID-19 with open access to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: community translation, COVID-19 language resources, infodemic, open access

TWB glossary for COVID-19

April 7, 2020 by TWB Communications

Vietnamese – Simplified Chinese – Taglaog – Burmese – Kurmanji – Arabic – Swahili – Kibaku – Waha – Bura Pabir – Mandara We are identifying key terminology that people use to talk about COVID-19 as well as commonly-used technical terms. We are using this to develop a multilingual, plain-language glossary that can support public […]

Filed Under: Training resources Tagged With: covid-19, glossary, health

TWB glossary for COVID-19

April 7, 2020 by TWB Communications

Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic), Arabic (Shuwa-Arabic script), Arabic (Shuwa-Latin script), Bangla (Bangladesh), Bangla (India), Bura-Pabir, Cebuano, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, Farsi, French (France), Fulfulde, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kanuri, Kibaku, Korean, Kurdish Kurmanji, Malay, Mandara, Marathi, Marghi, Myanmar, Nepali, Nyanja, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Rohingya, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic […]

Filed Under: Training resources Tagged With: covid-19, glossary, health, resources

Translators without Borders aims to improve humanitarian communication with the help of Microsoft Philanthropies

August 7, 2019 by TWB Communications

TWB Kanuri Team Lead conducting comprehension research Nigeria Microsoft Philanthropies Language Technology

The organizations will develop scalable language technology to address ongoing humanitarian crises DANBURY, Conn., USA – 7 August, 2019. Translators without Borders (TWB), with the support of Microsoft Philanthropies, is working to develop innovative language-focused solutions that can be used to help the over 177 million people who live in areas affected by humanitarian crises. These […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Gamayun, language technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Philanthropies

Accountability tools in Monguno unintentionally exclude women

July 24, 2019 by TWB Communications

Yahaya Tijani (TWB Kanuri Team Lead) conducting comprehension research. GGSS camp, Monguno, Borno State, Nigeria. Photo by: Eric DeLuca, Translators

Only 25% of surveyed women understand Hausa, yet communications mechanisms rely on the language. DANBURY, Conn., USA – 24 July, 2019. In a recent report, TWB recommends that humanitarian responders use multilingual audio communication in northeast Nigeria. Audio communication is essential for humanitarians and internally displaced people to share information. But the research reveals that right […]

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Palavras são necessárias: A utilização de línguas locais melhora a compreensão por parte das pessoas afectadas pelo ciclone Idai na Beira, Moçambique

June 6, 2019 by TWB Communications

Mozambique In Need of Words Language Report Storymap

Leia e faça o download do resumo dos resultados e das recomendações aqui Também é possível fazer o download deste resumo e do relatório em inglês.  

Filed Under: Training resources Tagged With: ap, comprehension, Crisis, cyclone Ida I, Mozambique, report, research, resources, story, Training

TWB celebrates the winners of the seventh annual Access to Knowledge awards

April 17, 2019 by TWB Communications

woman clapping awards

Winners ensure people worldwide have access to knowledge in their own language DANBURY, Conn., USA – 17 April 2019 Translators without Borders (TWB) has announced the winners of the seventh annual Access to Knowledge awards. These dedicated individuals and organizations donate their time, passion, and skills to make sure people around the world have access […]

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

September 1, 2020

TWB’s Access to Knowledge Awards celebrate people who share knowledge across languages

July 28, 2020

TWB partners with tech leaders to develop COVID-19 language technology for 37 languages

July 6, 2020

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