{"id":49,"date":"2016-12-20T18:32:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/20\/its-been-a-great-year-for-translators-without\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T14:30:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:30:59","slug":"celebrate-twb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/celebrate-twb\/","title":{"rendered":"12 reasons to celebrate TWB in 2016!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>celebrate twb<\/h4>\n<p>In 2016 we worked with some wonderful partners to change people\u2019s lives through access to vital information in the right language. We believe that no person should suffer because they cannot access or understand the information that they need.<br \/>\nSo lets celebrate TWB with a recap of our year:<\/p>\n<h4>January<\/h4>\n<p>In <b>JANUARY<\/b> we were providing translations in six languages to humanitarian aid agencies responding to the <a href=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/humanity-volunteering-chios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European refugee crisis.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Translations in six languages for humanitarian aid partners\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tumblr_inline_oifiwlrlVx1qhfsja_540.jpg?resize=540%2C405\" alt=\"Board with translated text\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: Abdelah Lomri, former TWB Arabic Team Leader and Farideh Colthart, TWB volunteer interpreter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<h4>FEbruary<\/h4>\n<p>In <b>FEBRUARY<\/b> we worked with the American Red Cross to translate their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/news\/article\/Universal-First-Aid-App-Brings-Livesaving-Information-to-Millions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Aid and Hazard Universal apps. <\/a>These apps help enhance individual disaster preparedness and response to emergencies.<\/p>\n<h4>march<\/h4>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>In <b>MARCH<\/b> we announced <a href=\"http:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/translators-without-borders-honors-volunteers-donors-non-profit-partners-access-knowledge-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the winners of our third Access to Knowledge Awards<\/a>, in acknowledgement of their outstanding support.<\/p>\n<h4>april<\/h4>\n<p>In <b>APRIL<\/b> we <a href=\"http:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/global-health-media-project-releases-new-videos-collaboration-translators-without-borders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partnered with Global Health Media Project<\/a>, to bring multilingual health care instruction to practitioners of health through video.<\/p>\n<h4>may<\/h4>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-embed tmblr-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>In <b>MAY<\/b> we attended the <a href=\"http:\/\/translatorswithoutborders-blog.tumblr.com\/post\/145197382807\/reflections-from-the-world-humanitarian-summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Humanitarian Summit<\/a> where we advocated for the inclusion of language in humanitarian response.<\/p>\n<h4>june<\/h4>\n<p>In <b>JUNE<\/b> we made an impact with a new video on how Translators without Borders responds to crisis by working with non-profit partners globally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/86ZQpF4zlhk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=106&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-embed tmblr-full\"><\/figure>\n<h4>july<\/h4>\n<p>In <b>JULY<\/b> we translated the <a href=\"https:\/\/corehumanitarianstandard.org\/news\/core-humanitarian-standard-available-in-swahili\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Core Humanitarian Standard<\/a> on Quality and Accountability into Swahili for partner CHS Alliance.<\/p>\n<h4>august<\/h4>\n<p>By <b>AUGUST<\/b> we had trained over 480 interpreters and translators and we had created the world\u2019s first-ever humanitarian<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=znIDv1yO7RA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> interpreter roster.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Team in Greece\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tumblr_inline_oifj2vVNqu1qhfsja_540.png?resize=540%2C306\" alt=\"TWB's team in Greece\" width=\"540\" height=\"306\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: Abdelah Lomri and Lali Foster, TWB team in Greece<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<h4>september<\/h4>\n<p>In <b>SEPTEMBER<\/b> we trained <a href=\"http:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/guinea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15 Guinean translators<\/a> so that communities in West Africa can access more health care information in their language.<\/p>\n<h4>october<\/h4>\n<p>In <b>OCTOBER<\/b> following <a href=\"http:\/\/us11.campaign-archive2.com\/?u=3ff07f6e3f57d7bab2b885530&amp;id=ffce35ff00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Matthew<\/a> in Haiti, we translated cholera prevention messages into Haitian Creole, for affected communities.<\/p>\n<h4>november<\/h4>\n<p>In <b>NOVEMBER<\/b> we developed the <a href=\"http:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/translators-without-borders-develops-worlds-first-crisis-specific-machine-translation-system-kurdish-languages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world\u2019s first crisis-specific machine translation engine for Kurdish languages<\/a> using content from our Words of Relief response in Greece.<\/p>\n<h4>december<\/h4>\n<p>In <b>DECEMBER\u00a0<\/b>we reached 10 million words translated in one year, something we would not have been able to do without the help of our volunteers and<br \/>\nsupporters!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had some great successes this year but there is still more work to be done! This holiday season, consider a <a href=\"http:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donation <\/a>to support the work of TWB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>celebrate twb In 2016 we worked with some wonderful partners to change people\u2019s lives through access to vital information in the right language. We believe that no person should suffer because they cannot access or understand the information that they need. 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