‘Translating for Good’ Archives
Volunteer Interpreters for Japan
JAT (Japan Association of Translators) is assembling a list of volunteer interpreters to help in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami disaster. If you need an interpreter for your rescue, relief, aid or other organization, please contact someone on this list. If you can volunteer as an interpreter, please contact webmaster@jat.org to have [...]
Community Translation for Health Care
Google has announced the launch of a community translation project for health care called "Health Speaks." The program is seeking volunteers to translate high quality health articles into many languages, starting with Arabic, Hindi, and Swahili. For the first 60 days, (Google) will donate 3 cents (US) for each English word translated to the [...]
Microfinance Translation Volunteers Needed
Microfinance organizations like Kiva and Wokai create big opportunities in developing countries by giving small loans (micro loans) to hardworking people in poverty. These people then have a great chance to lift themselves out of poverty and eventually pay back the loans. Volunteers are often needed to help microfinance organizations with [...]
Haiti Needs Interpreters
Translation to help the relief effort is spotlighted by the International Medical Interpreters Association: As many of you know, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti yesterday after 5 p.m. The news coming from Haiti is that this is a very serious earthquake and has wreaked havoc and devastation on the region. We know that millions of people [...]
