It is absolutely critical to our work that we can engage with disabled fans and other stakeholders across Europe, in a language that they understand. As a small team, we can’t speak every language, so we rely massively on Translators without Borders to help us to communicate. Communication is key to everything we do, and that is why Translators without Borders is such an invaluable asset to us.
MediLingua is a medical translations company, and so we understand the importance of medical information. We know how incorrect health information can seriously threaten one’s health. We know that information in a language the reader does not understand is useless. On behalf of the localization world, Translators without Borders helps humanitarian organizations to do what they are good at (treating patients, rescuing earthquake victims and Syrian refugees) by providing what we are good at – translation. This is of crucial importance, and that’s why MediLingua proudly sponsors Translators without Borders. On a personal level I happily represent the organization as one of its ambassadors!
Lionbridge is honoured to support Translators without Borders, both directly as a Diamond sponsor for many years, but also by encouraging our local employees to engage in fundraising efforts, translation and project management volunteering, and other special projects.
Our ‘pride’ of Lions is deeply committed to the causes championed by Translators without Borders’ tireless efforts. Lionbridge’s more than 6,000 employees are humbled to know that they are contributing to projects such as the Words of Relief program which eases communication for refugees in crisis-torn areas, or the quick language response which helped save lives during the search and rescue efforts after the Nepali earthquake, and funding ongoing efforts to ensure that critical healthcare information reaches an estimated to 3.3 million people every month through the Wiki Project Med Foundation collaboration. Through more than 40 million words, in almost 200 language pairs, Translators without Borders is making a real difference.
The ability of Wikipedia to provide free, accurate, and accessible health care content to people in their native languages is possible in large part because of TWB.
I don’t think any organization by itself, including us, can internally turn around all that information through all those platforms. That is why there is an important link between the work that we do – gathering and providing information – and Translators without Borders, who help us translate all that information.
During a crisis where information and effective communicating are so important, the work of Translators without Borders ensures that humanitarian organizations working within the response are able to get information in local languages to the people in need.
This is vital work, and translation makes the difference. Your professionalism … for this piece of work is impressive and the impact it will have on our Arabic speaking audience, which includes those Syrians directly affected by this crisis, will be profound.
It is both amazing and also very comforting and inspiring to see people donate their time and skills to defend the principles of action and the ideas of humanitarian assistance.
On behalf of Fairstart Global, we wish to thank you for your fantastic work, assisting the efforts to improve foster care and orphanage systems in Japan. Thanks to TWB, our caregiver and leader training programs are now available in Japanese at http://www.fairstartglobaljapan.org and we feel confident that our programs will support efforts to provide Japanese children with quality care educated foster parents.
Thanks again TWB for your invaluable help to create quality care for the 100 million children who grow up without parental care!
As Typhoon Haiyan approached the coastline of the Philippines, Humanity Road reached out to Translators without Borders for assistance. Their response to our request was fast and within hours we had our first translation assistance. They helped monitor social media in language and translated text and video messages emerging in social media. The support provided by Translators without Borders helped save lives and also provided message relay support to reunite families who were rescued.
It is extremely important to provide medically accurate and easy to understand Ebola information in a community’s local language. Our posters, leaflets and video materials are being used across West Africa: in shops, hotels and banks, in clinics, hospitals and mining sites. They are also present in airports and at a number of checkpoints. The use of these materials would simply not be so widespread without the work of Translators without Borders to help get this medical advice to the people who need it most.
Language is central to all of our education efforts. Health education material is useless to people who cannot understand the language in which it is written. TWB greatly extends the reach of our programs and enables us to fully serve remote areas.
I just wanted to thank you sincerely for all of your hard work coordinating these translations. They look wonderful and have generated lovely responses. I hope we can push them out fast enough to refugees so they really make an impact!
BIG thanks to Translators without Borders!
The ability of Wikipedia to provide free, accurate, and accessible health care content to people in their native languages is possible in large part because of TWB.
From February 2015 to February 2016, we added roughly 712 health care articles in 54 languages using TWB volunteers. Great work is being done in collaboration with TWB.
We work with vulnerable populations of women, who often speak only their native languages. Translators help us truly understand the challenges they face, including details about their living conditions, or other safety and health risks, which is critical. At the same time, it helps us adapt our services to the local culture, and that includes being delivered in the local language. If the beneficiaries do not feel that they are being heard or that our services are culturally appropriate, we will not be successful.