The world’s leading non-profit translation organization, Translators without Borders (TWB) has announced the translation of the 10 millionth word through the organization’s Translators without Borders Workspace. The 10 million words, which is the equivalent of approximately $2 million in global aid, were translated by professional volunteers over the past two years in 99 language pairs for 119 humanitarian organizations.

To celebrate, Translators without Borders awarded the translator who delivered the 10 millionth word, Carine Toucand, a special $1000 prize sponsored jointly by Acrolinx and Content Rules. Carine has contributed more than 53,000 words to TWB and is a ProZ.com certified PRO translator. The translation concerned maternal mortality for one of the organization’s non-profit partners, ACHAP.
The Workspace, powered by ProZ.com and adopted by Translators without Borders in early 2011, connects professional translators volunteering their time with non-profit humanitarian organizations in an effort to increase access to knowledge through translation.
“Access to information in the right language saves lives,” said Lori Thicke, founder of Translators without Borders. “After many years of working hard to get the right people and systems in place, we’ve delivered 10 million translated words to help people around the world access the knowledge they need to improve their lives.” Lori continued, “That’s 10 million words translated for Syrian refugees, doctors in Haiti, mothers in India and care workers in Indonesia. I’d like to thank all of our awesome translators and all the TWB team – today we should all feel proud of ourselves. Next stop – 20 million.”

While celebrating this significant milestone, the TWB team also recognizes there is much more to do. The next ten million words await translation, and the organization is trying to scale to reach the 20 million word milestone even sooner. The 20 Million Word Challenge asks new and renewing sponsors to join TWB now to help reach 20 million words for humanity. More.

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