DANBURY, CT, USA – 17th August 2015 – The world’s leading non-profit translation organization, Translators without Borders (TWB), is proud to announce that Lionbridge Technologies, Inc, one of the charity’s founding sponsors, has increased its commitment by becoming the first Diamond Sponsor of the organization. In the four years since its incorporation as a US-based […]

“In the first nine months, if people had been given proper messages, all this could have been prevented.” That sentiment, expressed by Claudia Evers, MSF Ebola emergency coordinator, Guinea, late in the Ebola epidemic speaks to the crisis of information that permeated the Ebola response. The epidemic killed more than 10,000 people in three countries […]

DANBURY, CT, USA – 23rd July 2015 — Translators without Borders (TWB), has released the findings  of an Impact Study on Ebola Information entitled ‘Does Translated Health-Related Information Lead to Higher Comprehension? A Study of Rural and Urban Kenyans’. The results of this study, demonstrate just how important it is to have crucial healthcare information […]

DANBURY, CT, USA – 29th April 2015 – The world’s leading non-profit translation organization, Translators without Borders (TWB), has mobilized translation specialists to help provide humanitarian assistance following the massive earthquake in Nepal. According to the latest report by the United Nations (UN), eight million people have been affected by the earthquake, of which over […]

(DANBURY, CT USA – 4 August 2014) – Translators without Borders (TWB) reports that the organization has assisted the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to provide critical preventative information on the Ebola virus in local West African languages as well as French. The local language fact sheets are being used by the CDC to fight […]

(DANBURY, CT USA –21 April 2014)Translators without Borders has received the Technology for Good grant from Microsoft to develop a multi-device app for crisis relief. The app, entitled Words of Relief Digital Exchange (WoRDE), helps improve commmunications during a crisis between affected communities and aid workers when they do not speak the same language. “Translation […]

DANBURY, CT USA – 10 January 2014. Global translation charity, Translators without Borders (TWB) today announced the winners of its second annual Translators without Borders Access to Knowledge Awards. The awards, honoring six individuals or organizations who exemplify the mission to translate for humanity, are chosen by the non-profit’s boards of directors and advisors. “We […]

DANBURY, CT USA –21 December 2012. Global translation charity, Translators without Borders (TWB) today announced the launch of its annual Translators without 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’s board of directors. “We have had […]