A presentation by Lori Thicke at the Seminar on Collaborative Translation for not-for-profit organization:

1. Collaborative translation to
help NGOs bridge the language
last mile
www.translatorswithoutborders.org

2. Why is collaboration important?

3. Why is collaborative translation
important?

4. What do we need for collaborative
translation to be effective?

5. What do we need for collaborative
translation to be effective?
1. Community

6. What do we need for collaborative
translation to be effective?
1. Community
2. Common Cause

7. What do we need for collaborative
translation to be effective?
1. Community
2. Common Cause
3. Collaborative Technology

10. When people need
emergency relief …

11. When people just need a
little help …

12. When people are in
danger …
“Currently, it seems that rescuers have reached
most areas, though hope of finding more
survivors is fading. The arrival of
help, food, shelter and drinking water is slow
everywhere.”

13. When people need to
hear…

14. When people need to
know …

15. Since 1993 we have contributed
more than $2 million to NGOs

16. For Handicap International
$2 million = 83,333 fields cleared of
landmines and cluster bombs

17. For Doctors without Borders,
$2 million = 285,714 vaccines

18. For Action Against Hunger,
$2 million = 47,617 malnutrition
survival kits

21. Our Vision:
The information on
a young girl’s AIDS
medications will be
in her own
language

22. We will have succeeded when
The village
dispensary in
Thange, Kenya, will
dispense medical
advice in the local
language

23. We will have succeeded when
A mother will
receive health
information on her
cellphone in a
language she
understands

24. Join us and together we will do more!