TIP SHEET Interpretation and sensitive topics – HU
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Philippines Super Typhoon Rai (“Odette”) – Crisis language map
(Click here to open in a new window.) Typhoon Rai made an initial landfall in Siargao Island, province of Surigao del Norte in Caraga region, northern Mindanao on 16 December 2021. It carried gusts up to 270 km/h with maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h near the centre making it the strongest storm to make […]
PSEA recommendations: Language issues for safeguarding
TWB’s research shows that a language sensitive response to Ebola outbreaks could improve understanding and trust in key messages. It will enhance the accessibility of RCCE and AAP mechanisms, including the reporting of SEAH and support to survivors. Learning from the outbreak in DRC, TWB would recommend the actions to take as part of protection […]
Assessment: effective Ebola communication requires respect and transparency
In the second year of the current Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), people at risk still don’t have clear answers to their questions about the disease in a language they understand. Many local health communicators are themselves confused about the disease prevention and treatment measures they promote. The language, content, […]
Missing the mark? People in Eastern DRC need information on Ebola in a language they understand
People at risk of contracting Ebola need information to keep themselves and their families safe. Information they don’t understand will not help them. They need clear communication in plain, localized language, in a format they understand, and through channels they trust. To learn how to better communicate, TWB conducted the rapid language needs assessment in […]
Slowing Transmission: Language challenges in community radio relay of COVID-19 risk communication in Afghanistan
In 2020, Internews launched the Rooted in Trust project to counter rumors and misinformation about COVID-19. They commissioned Translators without Borders (TWB) to map community radio stations and investigate the language and translation challenges community radio broadcasters face when relaying official COVID-19 risk communication to their audience. Read the entire report here. (Also available in […]
Οδηγός Πεδίου για την Ανθρωπιστική Διερμηνεία και την Πολιτισμική Διαμεσολάβηση
Ο οδηγός αυτός καταρτίστηκε από τους Translators without Borders (TWB) για υποστήριξη των υπευθύνων πεδίου, των διερμηνέων και των πολιτιστικών διαμεσολαβητών στις καθημερινές επαφές και καθήκοντά τους. Ο οδηγός καταρτίστηκε στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος των TWB Words of Relief, σε συνεργασία με την οργάνωση Save the Children. Κατεβάστε εδώ. Διατίθεται επίσης στα αγγλικά και τα ισπανικά.
Guía de campo para la interpretación humanitaria y la mediación cultural
Translators without Borders (TWB, Traductores sin Fronteras) ha elaborado esta guía para brindar apoyo a los directores de campo humanitarios, intérpretes y mediadores culturales en sus interacciones y responsabilidades diarias. La guía se ha creado como parte del proyecto Words of Relief (Palabras de alivio) de TWB, en asociación con Save the Children (Salven a […]
Field guide to humanitarian interpreting and cultural mediation
This guide has been developed by Translators without Borders (TWB) to support humanitarian field managers, interpreters and cultural mediators in their daily interactions and responsibilities. The guide was developed as part of the TWB Words of Relief project, in partnership with Save the Children. Download here. Other resources that might interest you: The power of […]