Organization joins Google, Amazon, and others in the Translation Initiative for COVID-19 (TICO-19) DANBURY, Conn., USA – 6 July, 2020 Translators without Borders (TWB) has joined the Translation Initiative for COVID-19 (TICO-19). TICO-19 is focused on using language technology to make COVID-19 information available in as many languages as possible. TICO-19 includes translators, technologists, and […]
“Stay away from me.” TWB creates COVID-19 glossary of 186 terms in 33 languages
Organization develops language tool to help people communicate about COVID-19 DANBURY, Conn., USA – 8 June, 2020 Translators without Borders (TWB) has developed a glossary in 33 languages to address language barriers involving COVID-19. This glossary will help health workers, global humanitarian organizations, and community-based responders communicate more effectively and consistently about COVID-19. It will […]
TWB glossary for COVID-19
Vietnamese – Simplified Chinese – Taglaog – Burmese – Kurmanji – Arabic – Swahili – Kibaku – Waha – Bura Pabir – Mandara We are identifying key terminology that people use to talk about COVID-19 as well as commonly-used technical terms. We are using this to develop a multilingual, plain-language glossary that can support public […]
TWB glossary for COVID-19
Arabic (SA), Arabic (Shuwa-ar), Arabic (Shuwa-lt), Bangla (Bangladesh), Bangla (India), Bura-Pabir, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French (FR), Fulfulde, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kanuri, Kibaku, Korean, Kurdish Kurmanji, Malay, Mandara, Marghi, Myanmar, Nepali, Nyanja, Portuguese (BR), Portuguese (PT), Rohingya, Russian, Serbian (Cy), Serbian (Lat), Spanish (ES), Spanish (LA), Swahili (KE), Tagalog, Tigrinya, Thai, Turkish, […]