TWB News

LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS – 09 February 2018. MediLingua, a linguistic services company fully specialized in medical and pharmaceutical translations, is pleased to announce that it has decided to renew its TWB annual gold sponsorship to help humanitarian translations reach more people around the world. Translators without Borders (TWB) strives to provide people access to vital, […]

As a central part of our commitment to a quality partner experience and providing effective language solutions, Translators without Borders (TWB) recently conducted our annual partner survey with those partners who use the TWB Kató translation platform. We received 47 responses from a wide range of organizations, and it gave some valuable insights into our […]

DANBURY, CT USA – 12 October 2017. Today Translators without Borders (TWB), the world’s leading non-profit translation organization, is celebrating the major milestone of 50 million words translated for development aid and crisis response programs delivered by humanitarian partners.  Fifty million translated words over the past six years is a major achievement made possible because of […]

  DANBURY, CT USA – 19 September 2017. Translators without Borders today announces the launch of TWB Interpreter Connect, a portal designed specifically to connect non-profit organizations with humanitarian interpreters working in crisis situations. Developed with extensive input from users, TWB Interpreter Connect will help organizations identify interpreters and cultural mediators.  It also provides resources […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

    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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Danbury, CT, USA – 16 August 2016 – Community health workers who understand Arabic, Chinese or English now have access to thousands of articles on their phones, off-line for free. Translators without Borders, the Wiki Project Med Foundation and Wikimedia Switzerland have announced the launch of the Arabic and Chinese version of the offline medical […]

Danbury, CT, USA – 09 August 2016. Translators without Borders (TWB) and the Wiki Project Med Foundation are partnering to ensure that critical healthcare information reaches an estimated to 3.3 million people every month. Since the partnership began in 2012, 1,900 medical articles have been made accessible on local-language Wikipedias, with TWB providing the translations […]

Translators without Borders will be represented at the following events over the coming months. If you are attending, we would love to meet you.   LocWorld36 Tokyo LocWorld36 Tokyo, 3-5 April 2018 LocWorld Tokyo is a leading conference for global business, translation, localization and global website management. The focus will be the age of digital […]

DANBURY, CT, USA – 08 July 2016. On 11 June LocWorld and KantanMT teamed up to host the Coastal Flag Challenge around Howth Peninsula, Dublin, Ireland to raise money for Translators without Borders (TWB). The hike was a resounding success thanks to TWB sponsors and supporters who raised over $6,500 for the organization. The hike […]

DANBURY, CT USA – 16 June 2016. Mirko Plitt appointed TWB’s Head of Technology. Mirko Plitt, one of the foremost experts in the industrial use of machine translation and other language technologies has joined Translators without Borders (TWB) as Head of Technology.  TWB strives to find innovative technology solutions that can help provide people with […]

DANBURY, CT USA – 12 April 2016 – Global Health Media Project and TWB collaborate on the production of videos translated into three languages that will help close the gap in knowledge of health workers based in low-resource areas. Global Health Media Project has just released seven new instructional videos that provide clinical guidance for […]

DANBURY, CT, USA – 06 April 2016 – The world’s leading non-profit translation organization, Translators without Borders (TWB), is proud to announce that Welocalize, global leader in innovative translation and localization solutions, has increased its level of commitment and support to the organization. Welocalize is now a silver sponsor of Translators without Borders. “We are […]

DANBURY, CT USA – 01 March 2016 – Translators without Borders has announced the winners of its third Translators without Borders Access to Knowledge Awards. The awards recognize individuals or organizations that have contributed outstanding work that exemplifies the organization’s mission to translate for humanity. The Access to Knowledge Awards were created in 2012 to […]

DANBURY, CT, USA – February 2016 — Translators without Borders (TWB), has received valuable program funding from the Start Network, which will allow it to increase its ongoing response to the urgent European refugee crisis in Greece and the Balkans. TWB has been operating its Words of Relief Translation Crisis Relief program in the region […]

DANBURY, CT USA – 03 February 2016 – Translators without Borders, the world’s leading non-profit translation organization, announces two new senior staff appointments, Executive Director and Director of External Affairs. This an important step in realizing the growth potential of the organization. This will be an exciting year of growth for Translators without Borders (TWB). […]

Kiswahili, also known as Swahili, is spoken by up to 150 million people throughout eastern Africa including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nairobi, Kenya, October 21st , 2015 — Microsoft has launched Kiswahili text translation, the first African language to be supported by the company’s automatic translation […]

DANBURY, CT, USA – 8 September 2015 — Translators without Borders (TWB), the US-based charity that uses language to increase access to knowledge, has today announced organizational grant funding from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Recognizing the growth and success of Translators without Borders over the past five years, The Hewlett Foundation has agreed […]