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

July 28, 2020 by TWB Communications

Juba Arabic Interpreter / Research Assistant

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Access to Knowledge Awards, Partner, Sponsor, Translator, Volunteer

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

July 6, 2020 by TWB Communications

Chatbot Technical Developer

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

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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“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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TWB’s annual report 2017-2018: The power of words

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. […]

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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

Languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic), Arabic (Shuwa-Arabic script), Arabic (Shuwa-Latin script), Bambara, Bangla (Bangladesh), Bangla (India), Bura-Pabir, Cebuano, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dari, Dutch, Farsi, French (France), Fulfulde, German, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kanuri, Kibaku, Korean, Kurdish Kurmanji, Kurdish Sorani, Italian, Lingala, Maguindanao, Malay, Mandara, Maranao, Marathi, Marghi, Myanmar, […]

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

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.      

Filed Under: Glossary

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TWB welcomes the RWS Foundation as Sapphire sponsor for 2023

February 28, 2023

Celebrating 100,000 TWB community members

August 8, 2022

TWB welcomes Semantix and TransPerfect in joint Sapphire sponsorship

April 5, 2022

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