{"id":47,"date":"2017-01-06T15:30:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T15:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/06\/freedom-and-safety-shouldnt-be-taken-for-granted\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T14:30:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:30:59","slug":"rapid-response-team-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/rapid-response-team-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFreedom and safety shouldn\u2019t be taken for granted in our world\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by the pain and suffering prevailing in many parts of the world, <strong>Ali Bai<\/strong> looked for an opportunity to help others. He had the feeling that he should do something &#8211; anything &#8211; to help the refugees he saw every day on television. However, he also felt that government assistance in emergency situations was too often bureaucratic and political, so he wanted to be part of a non-governmental humanitarian response. As a full-time translator and proofreader, Ali decided that Translators without Borders (TWB) was an obvious way for him to help people in need. So he joined our Rapid Response Team.<\/p>\n<h4>Joining the TWB Rapid Response Team<\/h4>\n<p>Ali has a BA in English Translation and an MA in General Linguistics, so he puts his training and translation experience to good use in TWB\u2019s Rapid Response Translation Team (RRT). He now has the sense that he is making a timely contribution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>Translators have to work very fast in the RRT, while also maintaining a high level of quality and accuracy<\/i>,\u201d he explains. \u201c<i>I am lucky to have great co-workers and the environment is really welcoming. We all are dedicated to the purpose and we help each other in translating and editing<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- more -->Ali\u2019s tasks include translating texts from English to his native Farsi. The volunteer work is satisfying for Ali because he knows that every translation can make a positive difference in the lives of other humans. Of course, translating good news that gives promise to refugees is his favorite type of job and always gives him the greatest satisfaction.<\/p>\n<h4>putting yourself In their shoes<\/h4>\n<p>Like many of TWB\u2019s volunteers, Ali fits his RRT work around his full-time job and other commitments. He often imagines life as a refugee who has lost loved ones in a war, and he thinks about how it must feel to decide to then risk traveling by sea to a safer country. He imagines the devastation that refugees must feel when they finally arrive on a foreign beach, only to realize that the food and shelter they desperately need is not immediately accessible due to language barriers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>I think providing refugees with material in their own languages not only helps them address their immediate challenges, but also makes them feel safe and that someone cares about them<\/i>,\u201d Ali says. He points out that refugees who have already experienced much pain and suffering are exposed to a kind of \u201c<i>second victimization<\/i>\u201d when they arrive in Europe. He asks,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHow can they make reasonable decisions without access to a familiar language?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ali, an Iranian, points out that his country has hosted millions of Afghan refugees over the past few decades. He is conscious of the positive impact they have had on his country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>These fellow human beings shouldn\u2019t be seen as a threat to the integrity of European communities<\/i>,\u201d Ali insists. \u201c<i>I think by accepting and welcoming refugees, Europe can make an economic opportunity out of this crisis, while making life safer for refugees. Furthermore, we should always remember that any one of us might lose our home or family; freedom and safety shouldn\u2019t be taken for granted in our world<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Want to volunteer?<\/h4>\n<p>You can apply to become a part of the TWB Rapid Response team <a href=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/rapid-response-translation-teams-application-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<pre><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"812\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/language-one-of-the-major-obstacles\/katemurphy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/KateMurphy.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"150,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G900F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KateMurphy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/KateMurphy.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/KateMurphy.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-812 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/KateMurphy.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blog Author\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>By Kate Murphy, Translators without Borders volunteer<\/strong><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by the pain and suffering prevailing in many parts of the world, Ali Bai looked for an opportunity to help others. 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However, he also felt that government assistance in emergency situations was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/rapid-response-team-experience\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u201cFreedom and safety shouldn\u2019t be taken for granted in our world\u201d&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":641,"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":[203],"tags":[42,98,91,62,31,26,34,29,52,25,3,35,44,54],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rapid-responders","tag-commisaid","tag-crisis-response","tag-farsi","tag-humanitarian-response","tag-iran","tag-language","tag-languages","tag-refugee-crisis","tag-refugees","tag-translate","tag-translation","tag-translator","tag-volunteer","tag-volunteering"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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