Posts about Translation
Tips for New Translators: Part 2 — Metalanguage and Word Order
(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 at the University of Denver. It was pure theory and it wasn't easy for me to fully grasp some of...
Tips for New Translators — Part 1: Pretranslation and Context
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!
Call for Translators: Unrest!
Dear Translators! Many, many years ago I was a volunteer author and later, Francophonia editor at GV. It was a wonderful, wonderful experience. I later went to graduate school, where I became severely ill and started making a documentary about my experience, Unrest. To make Unrest available to as many people as possible,...
Translator portraits: For Amadou Lamine Badji, It all Comes Down to Optimism and Openness to Others
What to learn more about the translators at Global Voices? Meet Amadou Lamine Badji, translator & poet.
Portraits of Translators: Jade Dussart, a Passion for Asia and Human Rights
Who are translators behind GV in French? Interview with Jade Dussart who’ll be coming up on her 7th year on the team and who has a passion for Asia
We Translated #RightsCon to Spanish, French and Arabic! How did it go?
We Translated #RightsCon to Spanish, French and Arabic! How did it go?
Translators: Would you like to support a new human rights project?
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), a start-up global social enterprise aiming to reinvent the way human rights data are produced and used, is seeking translators.
NATO's Legitimacy Undermined
* This post was originally written on GV en français and translated by Graham Perra. Donald Trump and Angela Merkel may have reiterated their support for NATO, the military alliance continues to draw increasing discontentment on both sides of the Atlantic. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has seen better...
Volunteer Translators Needed for Global Voices Danish Lingua
Global Voices Lingua is an international community of translators who translate Global Voices content into 40 languages, including Danish. Join us if you speak the language!
Translator Newsletter: Bilingual Education, Free Webinars, & More!
Welcome to this week's edition of the Translator Newsletter! Today we're talking about Bilingual Education, Free Webinars, & More!