SDL Announces Sponsorship of Translators without Borders
February 22 2017 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
SDL (LSE:SDL) is pleased to announce that it has pledged support
to help humanitarian translations reach more people around the
world by continuing gold sponsorship of Translators without
Borders.
Translators without Borders (TWB) strives to provide people
access to vital, often life-saving, information in their own
language by connecting non-profit organizations with a community of
professional translators; building local language translation
capacity; and raising awareness of language barriers. Since 2011,
TWB has translated over 40 million words in over 190 language pairs
in the areas of crisis relief, health and education. The
organization has responded to urgent crises by using its Words of
Relief model, working with partners, to provide vital information
in the appropriate languages to those affected by the European
refugee crisis, the Ebola crisis and the Nepal earthquake. Words of
Relief ensures better communications with communities when crisis
response aid workers and affected populations do not speak the same
language.
The financial support provided by sponsors is critical to
sustaining and growing the organization. "In the course of our
work, we've become aware of a huge need, which is for people in
poor countries to be able to access global knowledge in their own
language," explains Aimee Ansari, Executive Director of Translators
without Borders.
“According to UNICEF, more people die from lack of knowledge
than from diseases. People in poor countries are simply unable to
access global knowledge in a language they understand. Mobile
technology may be bringing more people information, but we still
need to bridge the ‘language last mile.’ Translators without
Borders is delivering this much needed help through a myriad of
tools and programs so that more people will be able to access the
knowledge they need in a language they understand."
Alastair Gordon, Chairman of the SDL Foundation,
said:“Facilitating understanding is the core mission of SDL and we
are proud to continue to sponsor Translators without Borders which
has made such enormous strides in this area. Access to information
in the right language can make all the difference during times of
crisis.”
Aimee Ansari adds: “We are incredibly grateful to SDL for this
assistance, which is critical to enable us, in turn, to support
more humanitarian work around the globe.”
SDL is proud to continue supporting Translators without Borders
in this work.
About Translators without BordersTranslators without
Borders envisions a world where knowledge knows no language
barriers. The US-based non-profit provides people access to vital
knowledge in their language by partnering with humanitarian
organizations. Originally founded in 1993 in France as Traducteurs
sans Frontières (now its sister organization), Translators without
Borders translates more than five million words per year. In 2012,
the organization established a Healthcare Translator Training
Center in Nairobi, Kenya. For more information and to volunteer or
donate, please visit the TWB website or follow us on Twitter or
Facebook.
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language translation technology, services and content management.
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