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September 19, 2018

Tips for New Translators — Part 3: Slang and Social Media

Social media has to do with shared experiences, which are very difficult to translate. One must really have a grasp of the context.

September 18, 2018

Lingua Update: August 2018

Written by Mohamed ElGohary · Lingua Update

The Lingua Manager presents the State of Lingua - August 2018

September 3, 2018

Tips for New Translators: Part 2 — Metalanguage and Word Order

Written by Kristina Edinger · Community

(Editor's note — This post is the second in the three-part series: Tips for New Translators.) Understanding metalanguage Foundations of Translation was my first course in the Translations Studies program...

Tips for New Translators — Part 1: Pretranslation and Context

Written by Kristina Edinger · Community

I want to share with new translators the tips and tools, as well as my mistakes, so that your translations are not only correct, but accurate!

August 30, 2018

We Are Global Voices Germany

Written by Julia Krebs · General

"My view of the world has changed. I think that humans all struggle with similar challenges in life. We're not so different no matter where we come from."

August 20, 2018

Lingua Update: July 2018

Written by Mohamed ElGohary · Lingua Update

The Lingua Manager presents the State of Lingua - July 2018

August 2, 2018

Volunteer Translators And Editors Needed for Global Voices Burmese Lingua!

Written by Mohamed ElGohary · Announcements

Global Voices is looking for volunteer translators and editors to help out with translation and editing of Burmese Lingua! Burmese Lingua is where we translate Global Voices into Burmese! If you're interested,...

July 30, 2018

What were Global Voices’ readers up to last week?

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Newsroom

During the week of July 23-29, 2018, our stories and translations attracted readers from 186 countries. Number 14 on the list? Peru. And number 143? Solomon Islands.