Winners ensure people worldwide have access to knowledge in their own language DANBURY, Conn., USA – 17 April 2019 Translators without Borders (TWB) has announced the winners of the seventh annual Access to Knowledge awards. These dedicated individuals and organizations donate their time, passion, and skills to make sure people around the world have access […]

DANBURY, Conn., USA – September 1, 2020 Translators without Borders (TWB) and KoBo Inc. with funding from the Cisco Foundation, will develop automatic speech recognition technology to help humanitarians better collect data from speakers of marginalized languages in low-literacy contexts. The initiative is part of TWB’s ongoing strategy to develop language technology for people with […]

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 […]

Cisco funding increases focus on developing language technology to improve two-way communication DANBURY, Conn., USA – 26 April, 2019. Translators without Borders (TWB) has received funding from the Cisco Foundation, the corporate social responsibility partner of the global technology leader, to scale up Gamayun, the language equality initiative. The initiative uses advanced language technology to […]

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 – 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 – 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 […]

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 […]