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ProZ.com press releasesGo back to press releases » Announcing the first ever humanitarian Translate-a-ThonAnnouncing the first ever humanitarian Translate-a-Thon TWB partners with the IFRC and Kilgray – memoQ to translate disaster messages A large scale, transcontinental charity translation project has been announced by Translators without Borders and Kilgray - memoQ: An International Translate-a-Thon! Volunteer translators will collaborate online at two industry events to translate disaster risk reduction messages from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies into as many languages as possible. During 2010 alone, more than 208 million people were affected by natural disasters. In an effort to better prepare populations for earthquakes, floods, and other threats, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has focused on creating disaster risk reduction (DRR) information to be distributed worldwide. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives encapsulate the growing recognition that relief is not enough in mitigating disasters and that well-informed communities in fact are the key to reducing the impact and severity of natural hazards when they strike. As part of its DRR initiatives, the IFRC has created a booklet of Disaster Risk Reduction messages for people to use anywhere in the world. In recognizing the importance of translating the messages, the IFRC is working with Translators without Borders to provide these critical messages in the languages spoken by at-risk populations. Currently the messages are only in English, but the goal is to offer them to many communities in their own languages by 2015. The work of volunteer translators during the TWB/Kilgray-memoQ Disaster Risk Reduction Translate-a-thon will make that possible. The Translate-a-thon will take place at the 54th Annual ATA Conference in San Antonio, 6 – 9 November, and simultaneously at tcworld in Wiesbaden, 6 – 8 November. All contributors will receive a special gift. Volunteers who cannot attend one of the events also can contribute online. Contribute to the project by visiting www.donatetranslations.com and registering as a translator or reviewer. Please help us spread the word using #donatetranslations on Twitter or pass this message along to translators around the world! About IFRC The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian network that reaches 150 million people in 187 National Societies through the work of over 13 million volunteers. - See more at: http://www.ifrc.org/en/who-we-are About Translators without Borders Translators without Borders envisions a world where knowledge knows no language barriers. The US-based nonprofit provides people access to vital knowledge in their language by connecting nonprofit organizations with a professional community of volunteer translators, building local language translation capacity, and raising awareness of language barriers. Originally founded in 1994 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 Translators’ Training Center in Nairobi, Kenya. For more information and to volunteer or donate, please visit: http://www.translatorswithoutborders.org or follow on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/TranslatorsWB. About Kilgray - memoQ memoQ translator pro is the world's most advanced translation environment for translators and reviewers. After winning the ITI’s (Institution of Translation and Interpreting) „Best Translation Software 2011” award and being rated #1 by Common Sense Advisory among translation-centric TMS systems and appreciated by thousands of freelance and in-house translators, memoQ is quickly gaining popularity in the field of translation technology. Learn more about memoQ translator pro at http://kilgray.com/products/memoq or about memoQ server at http://kilgray.com/products/memoq-server. For further information contact: Rebecca Petras [email protected], www.translatorswithoutborders.org Sándor Papp [email protected], www.kilgray.com Links http://www.translatorswithoutborders.org http://www.donatetranslations.com |