Ντάνμπερι, Κονέκτικατ, ΗΠΑ 19 Σεπτεμβρίου 2017. Οι Translators without Borders ανακοινώνουν σήμερα την έναρξη λειτουργίας της “TWB Interpreter Connect“, μιας πύλης που έχει σχεδιαστεί ειδικά για τη σύνδεση μη κερδοσκοπικών οργανώσεων με ανθρωπιστικούς διερμηνείς που εργάζονται σε καταστάσεις κρίσης. Διαμορφωμένη με εκτενή συνεισφορά από τους χρήστες, η πύλη TWB Interpreter Connect θα βοηθήσει τους […]
Translators without Borders provides support in 15 languages to give voice to Kenyans during elections
NAIROBI, KENYA, 8 August 2017. Translators without Borders Kenya (TWB-K) has formed a rapid response translation team of 11 TWB-trained translators to immediately translate citizen reports in 15 languages spoken in Kenya during and after today’s General Election. The team, which provided similar support during the peaceful elections in 2013, is part of the Ushahidi […]
Only 56% of refugees can understand the info they’ve been given
Translators without Borders releases findings of language studies with refugees in Greece Studies provide insights into impact language has on refugees’ daily lives DANBURY, CT USA – 25 July 2017. Translators without Borders (TWB) has released findings of two language studies completed with refugees in Greece in spring 2017, with support from Save […]
AdHoc Translations becomes a TWB sponsor – because language matters
DANBURY, CT USA – 23 June 2017. AdHoc Translations has announced that it will become a bronze sponsor of Translators without Borders (TWB). The company says it is proud to support TWB and its ongoing work to make knowledge accessible to all, through language. US-based non-profitTranslators without Borders strives to provide people access to vital, […]
Translators without Borders and The Rosetta Foundation are merging
DANBURY, CT, USA and DUBLIN, IRELAND – 15 June 2017. Translators without Borders (TWB) and The Rosetta Foundation (TRF) have agreed to merge operations. The merger, announced today at the Localization World conference in Barcelona, brings together the two leading non-profit organizations focused on better access to information in languages people understand.In the past […]
Translators without Borders announces the winners of its 2017 Access to Knowledge Awards
DANBURY, CT, USA – 28 February 2017. Translators without Borders (TWB) has announced the winners of its fourth Translators without Borders Access to Knowledge Awards. The awards recognize individuals or organizations that have contributed outstanding work that exemplifies TWB’s mission to increase access to knowledge. The Access to Knowledge Awards were created by the US-based […]
Architekst announces sponsorship of Translators without Borders
Moregem – 23 December 2016. Architekst, a Belgium-based language services provider, is pleased to announce that we have pledged our support to help humanitarian translations reach more people around the world by becoming a bronze sponsor of Translators without Borders. Translators without Borders (TWB) strives to provide people access to vital, often life-saving, information in […]
Wieners+Wieners announces TWB bronze sponsorship
Danbury, CT, USA – 21 December 2016. One of the world’s leading non-profit translation organizations, Translators without Borders is pleased to announce Wieners+Wieners GmbH, a language service provider for high-quality translations, adaptions, proofreading and editing, have pledged support to help humanitarian translations reach more people around the world by becoming a bronze sponsor. Translators without […]
TWB expands board to better reflect breadth of stakeholders
DANBURY, CT USA – 13 December 2016. Translators without Borders (TWB) announces the appointment of three new board members who will work with the current board to increase access to information in the right languages. The new board members are Nigel Fisher, former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General; Iris Orriss, Head of Internationalization at Facebook; and […]
Translators without Borders develops the world’s first crisis-specific machine translation system for Kurdish languages
DANBURY, CT USA – 21 November 2016. Translators without Borders (TWB) has developed offline machine translation (MT) engines for Sorani and Kurmanji, specifically for translating content for refugees. Sorani and Kurmanji are the two main languages spoken by Kurdish refugees; the data used to build the systems came from the work that TWB has done […]
The Humanitarian Innovation Fund announces TWB as a winner of its innovation initiative.
DANBURY, CT USA – 18 October 2016. Translators without Borders is honored to be one of three innovation teams selected by the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) to accelerate our journey to scale. The TWB Words of Relief program, first piloted in 2013 and 2014, with an initial HIF grant, has grown significantly, providing translation and […]
Translators without Borders wins Microsoft Hackathon Award
DANBURY, CT USA –31 August 2016. The Translators without Borders (TWB) Words of Relief project has been named as an award winner in the 2016 Microsoft //oneweek Hackathon in the non-profit category. The Microsoft Hackathon is a global event that brings Microsoft employees together to create, innovate and hack on ideas that inspire them. Microsoft […]
