{"id":1380,"date":"2017-05-21T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2024-08-22T14:30:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:30:16","slug":"diversity-day-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/diversity-day-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Translators without Borders (TWB), we believe that language is an important demonstration of culture. As\u00a0an\u00a0organization,\u00a0we encourage and celebrate\u00a0cultural diversity. 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