{"id":108,"date":"2013-01-18T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/18\/the-fast-track-path-into-translators-without\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:34:13","slug":"the-fast-track-path-into-translators-without","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/the-fast-track-path-into-translators-without\/","title":{"rendered":"The fast-track path into Translators without Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteer translators form the very core of Translators without Borders. They donate their time, efforts and expertise to help doctors, nurses and other volunteers working in humanitarian organizations to make the world a better place.<\/p>\n<p>Since translations related to humanitarian emergencies leave no time for reviews or mistakes, there is a strict procedure in place to ensure that all members of our team are experienced and solid translators, able to do it right the first time. Applications from potential volunteers are reviewed and, if approved, a sample translation is requested and then evaluated by at least two editors before a new translator is welcomed onto the team.<\/p>\n<p>There is a second way, called the fast track, opened back in early 2011 when Translators without Borders was contacted by the organization GoodPlanet with the request of translating their new website into as many languages as possible. Since at that time the pool of volunteers was concentrated in the pairs of English to and from French, a decision was made to contact members of ProZ.com\u2019s\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Certified PRO Network\" href=\"http:\/\/www.proz.com\/cpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Certified PRO Network<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With over 3,400 members, the ProZ.com Certified PRO Network is an initiative of the ProZ.com community to provide qualified translators and translation companies with an opportunity to network and collaborate in an environment consisting entirely of screened professionals.<\/p>\n<p>To enter the Certified PRO Network, ProZ.com members must complete an online application and submit it for review to prove they meet or exceed minimum professional standards based on the EN15038 standard for quality in translation and in three screening areas: translation ability, business reliability and online citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Since the screening of translation ability is essentially the same in both programs (and in both cases done on a platform powered by ProZ.com), a fast track was created whereby any translator who is part of the ProZ.com Certified PRO Network is automatically accepted as a Translator without Borders without the need of any further testing.<\/p>\n<p>The fast track proved very powerful, and currently some 40% of the professionals approved by Translators without Borders were accepted because of their ProZ.com Certified PRO Network status.<\/p>\n<p>The experience led to the decision to extend this approach to other industry certifications that involve active testing of translation abilities. In particular, the fast track benefits are also available to all ATA-certified translators\u2014an opportunity that we would like to advertise better. We are working on identifying similar certification programs and announci<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/willingness-to-work-again\/proz\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Proz.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Proz\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Proz.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Proz.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-713\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Proz.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Proz logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Proz.png?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Proz.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>ng those fast track opportunities to potential volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>There is good room for growth here. Feedback and advice will be very welcome.<\/p>\n<pre><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"839\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/five-success-strategies-for-non-profits-needing\/enrique\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Enrique.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"150,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Enrique\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Enrique.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Enrique.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-839 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Enrique.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"blog author\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>By Enrique Cavalitto from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proz.com\/\">ProZ.com<\/a><\/strong><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteer translators form the very core of Translators without Borders. 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Since translations related to humanitarian emergencies leave no time for reviews or mistakes, there is a strict procedure in place &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/the-fast-track-path-into-translators-without\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The fast-track path into Translators without Borders&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[209],"tags":[4,46,148],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-we-work","tag-languagematters","tag-translators","tag-translators-without-borders"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The fast-track path into Translators without Borders - Translators without Borders Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/the-fast-track-path-into-translators-without\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The fast-track path into Translators without Borders - Translators without Borders Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Volunteer translators form the very core of Translators without Borders. 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