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HOW LANGUAGE SAVES LIVES
Contentfor Humanity Andrew BredenkampTranslators without Borders
@TranslatorsWB
Content saves Lives
More people die from lack of information than lack of medication
2nd biggest cause of infant mortality: diarrhoea
From The Guardian (search “dirty little secret liberia”)© www.aubreywade.com
Programs
Crisis Development TechnologyRapid response to support non-profits
with community engagement
Creation of long-term content, simplified and
in local languages
Create content platforms to integrate with partner
delivery channels
AdvocacyEvangelize the need for community engagement through local languages
• Simplification of health content for community health workers
• Translation of standard medical content into local lingua francas
• Campaign-driven content into local languages
• Rapid creation of networks of local language experts
• Monitoring of local language social media
• Creation and/or translation of crisis-specific local language content (message libraries)
• Rapid response message handling platform – integrated with existing crisis response infrastructure
• Platform for volunteer translation of development content
• Translation automation for local languages
• Machine Translation for official languages (EN, FR)
• Broaden understanding of the need for content in humanitarian work
• Develop strategic planning influence on content needs for local communities
• Foster relations between agencies on content best practice
EBOLA
Only 13% of womenin Sierra Leone understand English
48% literacy in the region
Mother & Child reading English poster
7 languages reaching 20 million people in West Africa
Information translated into30 languages across Africa
NEPAL
Sorry for the late response. My family was in the middle of the earthquake and I was/am trying to assist/locate them as we speak. Could you elaborate on what exactly would require to help, it its not asking too much?
Thanks,Romendra
MapAction Language Data
MT @droidur Deupur tapu, Parbat district, avalanche affected, no food, water, no help.Kids, elderly need help #Nepal #NepalQuake #hmrd
[4/27/2015 7:08:32 PM | Edited 7:08:47 PM] HR Aline Carr: Just got a reply that India has airdropped supplies to this area.
The need to communicate in local language is not just about delivery of information, but as an emotional tool [], having the ability to speak comfortably in your local native language is key. It's at the heart of Communicating with Communities.
Jessica Lomelin (plan.org)
EUROPE
Providing Arabic Content for Syrian Refugees
HAITI (again)
• 40 French & Haitian Creole volunteer translators• Cholera prevention messages in Haitian Creole• Post-hurricane warnings (SMS) in Haitian Creole• Working with Microsoft to improve their MT
engine for Haitian Creole
HOW WE DO IT
≈ 3,500 volunteers> 180 languages≈ 37 million words translated≈ 150 humanitarian organizationsAward-winning technology innovation
IMPACT
SphereHumanitarianHandbook
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
How you can help:translatorswithoutborders.org