{"id":114,"date":"2013-01-04T18:52:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T18:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/04\/translators-without-borders-honors-volunteers-2\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:34:13","slug":"translators-without-borders-honors-volunteers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/translators-without-borders-honors-volunteers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"TWB honors volunteers, donors and non-profit partners with first Access to Knowledge Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global translation charity, Translators without Borders (TWB) announced the launch of its annual Translators without<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Borders Access to Knowledge Awards. The awards, honoring six individuals or organizations who exemplify the mission to translate for humanity, are chosen and given by the non-profit\u2019s board of directors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>We have had an exceptional year of progress and success<\/em>,\u201d said Lori Thicke, president and founder of Translators without Borders. \u201c<em>Reaching 6.5 million words translated through our workspace, opening our first training <\/em>center<em> in Nairobi, working with Wikipedia on critical health information\u2014none of this would be possible without the generous support of our donors, the dedication of our volunteers, and the commitment of our non-profit partners<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">The organization created the Access to Knowledge Awards to honor volunteers, donors, and non-profit partners. The awards are given within each of the Translators without Borders\u2019 six \u2018pillars\u2019, identified earlier this year as part of the organization\u2019s strategic framework. These pillars\u2014Organizational Excellence, Translator Community and Workspace, Training, Nonprofit Partnerships, Financial Sustainability, Awareness and Communications\u2014work together to deliver the mission.<!-- more --><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The organization\u2019s executive committee, the management body of board members and the program director, created criteria for each award. Board members and staff members were not eligible. Board members nominated recipients and the executive committee made final decisions on the winners. In addition to six winners, a number of honorable mentions were also awarded.<\/p>\n<p>The Translators without Borders\u2019 Access to Knowledge recipients will receive a Translators without Borders T-Shirt, a lapel pen and a certificate of gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I wish we could <\/em>recognize<em> by name every single person who has contributed to Translators without Borders this year \u2013there are so very many people who make it work<\/em>,\u201d said Rebecca Petras, program director. \u201c<em>And the real winners are the people who can better understand vital information because of the hard work of ALL our volunteers and support from ALL our donors. Thank you very much to everyone!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Excellence Award<\/strong> Awarded to an individual who has gone above and beyond the call-of-duty in helping Translators without Borders meet its mission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awarded to Henry Dotterer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mentions:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Anne-Marie Colliander-Lind<br \/>\n\u2022 Rocio Haskell<br \/>\n\u2022 Marla Schulman<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Right to Knowledge Award<\/strong> awarded to an individual (or company contributor) who has made a difference through his or her ongoing commitment to translation of humanitarian information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awarded to Ildik\u00f3 Santana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mentions:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Content Rules Editors<br \/>\n\u2022 Marcia Miner<br \/>\n\u2022 Ashutosh Mitra<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Empowerment Award<\/strong>\u00a0awarded to an individual whose work has allowed us to significantly move the barometer in increasing language capacity within a critical region of the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awarded to <\/strong>Dr.<strong> Iribe Mwangi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mention:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Common Sense Advisory<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Humanitarian Communicator Award<\/strong>\u00a0awarded to a non-profit who understands the critical link between language\/translation and access to critical knowledge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awarded to M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (all regions)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honorable mentions:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Mother and Child Health and Education Trust \/ Nand Wadhwani<br \/>\n\u2022 Wikimedia Foundation\/James Heilman<br \/>\n\u2022 Zaf\u00e8n \/ Griselda Garibay<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Donor Award<\/strong>\u00a0awarded to the individual or company or foundation\/trust that has made a significant financial contribution to aid TWB in meeting its mission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awarded to Lionbridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mentions:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 eLanex<br \/>\n\u2022 Rubric<br \/>\n\u2022 Text Partner<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Communicator of the Year<\/strong>\u00a0awarded to the person who has creatively used marketing and public relations to build awareness of the organization and the need to provide content in the right language.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awarded to Marina <\/strong>Sayfulina<\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mentions:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dominic Spurling<br \/>\n\u2022 Chily Vico-Gimena<br \/>\n\u2022 Markus Meisl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global translation charity, Translators without Borders (TWB) announced the launch of its annual Translators withoutBorders Access to Knowledge Awards. 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