New @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social translation into #Yorùbá (from a story originally written in French, and translated via English) yo.globalvoices.org/2026/06/08/1...

Àwọn oko tíì lórílẹ̀-èdè Burundi ń gbégi dínà ààbò àwọn elégbèdè

Ní orílẹ̀-èdè Burundi, iṣẹ́ ọ̀gbìn ohun mímu tíì ń ṣe ìdènà fún ààbò àwọn ẹ̀dá tó ń dínkù, bíi àwọn elégbèdè.

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love watching the languages rotate in this new @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social widget on the @globalvoices.org home page

Doctora Malka Older@older.bsky.social · 8mo ago

some updates to the @globalvoices.org English site: now when you scroll down just a bit, you'll get to see the most recent @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social translations:

Register now! Tarjimly and Lingua are hosting a free webinar on Oct. 30 at 11 a.m. GMT all about culturally sensitive translation and interpretation. lingua.globalvoices.org/2025/10/regi...

Register for a free webinar on culturally sensitive translation, hosted by Tarjimly and Lingua

Learn how thoughtful translation and interpretation can respect identity and agency. Join our virtual discussion on culturally sensitive language.

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This incredible story was written in Spanish and translated into English by one of the volunteer translators in the @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social project. If you appreciate all the work that goes into bringing it to you, please support: globalvoices.org/donate/

The Indigenous rangers protecting Katsa Su in Colombia

The rangers dedicate themselves to serving their community, which, in Katsa Su, includes both humans and nonhumans.

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Keep @globalvoices.org newsroom & @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social translation communities strong! Since 2005, GV has been independently shining a light on stories & voices that traditionally aren’t seen in the mainstream media. Please support by donating or sharing! globalvoices.org/2025/07/09/s...

Support Global Voices as we launch our donation campaign

Sharp cuts to foreign aid by a number of governments are shrinking the available funds for nonprofits, with digital rights organizations like ours taking a particular hit.

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You can support our multilingual newsroom, fighting language hegemony on the internet one translation at a time, by donating to @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social Even a small donation makes a big difference!

Donate to the Lingua Translation Project · Global Voices Lingua

Support language diversity, multilingual journalism, human translation and the cultivation of empathy with a financial contribution.

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Doctora Malka Older@older.bsky.social · last yr.

VERY pleased to announce that some fantastic new translation managers at @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social have revived our Igbo page! Come find Igbo translations of our stories covering news, culture, and digital rights from contributors around the world! ig.globalvoices.org

VERY pleased to announce that some fantastic new translation managers at @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social have revived our Igbo page! Come find Igbo translations of our stories covering news, culture, and digital rights from contributors around the world! ig.globalvoices.org

Global Voices n’asusu Igbo · Local perspectives for a global audience

Global Voices (Global Voices) is an international, multilingual community of writers, translators, academics, and digital rights activists.

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New Q&A! "In an ideal world, interpretation would be fully funded and part of every system...Until that day comes, Tarjimly offers a simple and human way to help: showing up for someone in their own language, with care, dignity, and respect." lingua.globalvoices.org/2025/06/lang...

‘Language should never stand in the way of care, dignity or justice’

Tarjimly allows asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants to receive language support from volunteers. We spoke with the platform’s translation team to learn more.

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The Ukraine-based Safran publishing house focuses on niche literature: Asian books in Ukrainian translation. Global Voices interviewed its founder Svitlana Pryzynchuk, who lived in China and is now in Taiwan.

A niche publisher is using Asian literature to bring Taiwan and Japan closer to Ukraine

The Ukraine-based Safran publishing house focuses on niche literature: Asian books in Ukrainian translation. Global Voices interviewed its founder Svitlana Pryzynchuk, who lived in China and is now in Taiwan.

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Every 3 months, @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social translation managers put forward their favorite translations. Sometimes it's about speed, or clarity, or the way the translator connected with the article. Find some fascinating stories you missed & learn more about our translators' incredible work:

globalvoices.org/2025/04/10/f... I missed this story. LOVE it! Thank you for the translation. @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social @globalvoices.org #Colombia

From Colombia: A manifesto of love for all living beings

The presence of Añemó and the wisdom of the Awá led me to question the outdated idea that only humans can be subjects of rights.

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An essay about recognizing the rights of all living beings. An interview with a Macedonian comic artist. A piece about how Palestinians cope with displacement. And many more! Take a look at the latest honorees in our Translated Story Spotlight. 👏 lingua.globalvoices.org/2025/05/a-ro...

A round of applause for these excellent story translations from the first three months of 2025

Once a quarter, the Lingua project's Translation Managers select one or two outstanding translations that deserve special recognition.

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more stories in more languages means a more diverse internet, more access for people who don't speak English, and not losing the process of translation, a beautiful and very human endeavor. But there aren't many grants supporting this. Your donation - even a small one - makes a huge difference.

Doctora Malka Older@older.bsky.social · last yr.

Want to support language diversity, multilingual storytelling, human translation, or the cultivation of empathy? Donate to the @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social Lingua project today!

Want to support language diversity, multilingual storytelling, human translation, or the cultivation of empathy? Donate to the @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social Lingua project today!

Donate to the Lingua translation project · Global Voices Lingua

Support language diversity, multilingual storytelling, human translation and the cultivation of empathy with a financial contribution.

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The Malagasy-language version of @globalvoices.org‬ offers over 20,000 news articles about peoples and places all over the world that can serve as valuable sources for the Malagasy Wikipedia. If you're in Madagascar, apply to join the edit-a-thon! lingua.globalvoices.org/2025/05/join...

Join us for the edit-a-thon: Strengthening Wikipedia Malagasy with Global Voices

Wikimedia Community User Group Madagascar and Global Voices Malagasy invite you to take part in the one-day edit-a-thon designed to create free knowledge in Malagasy incorporating citable sources…

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💡 "...the translator is an interpreter like an actor is an interpreter, the product, the translation, being a personally specific reading of the text in the same way an actor’s performance is a personal specific interpretation...translation is a process not a product." lithub.com/the-future-w...

The Future Will be Translated: A Manifesto in Three Lies

In my early twenties, I worked one summer as domestic help in a private residence for rich male university students in New York City. As part of our training, we women were taught to close all the …

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Don't see your language on @globalvoices.org? You have the power to change that! This is what you see when you start a new language as a volunteer Translation Manager at Lingua: a post welcoming you and a blank slate full of possibility. We've got a new language site in the works. Stay tuned!

Translations, translations, translations, oh my! Over the past several days, Lingua's many volunteers have donated their time to bring @globalvoices.org stories into their languages. Here's just a few (1/8):

The dozens of language sites at @globalvoices.org are made possible by the generosity of the Lingua project’s volunteers, who donate their time to translate stories and thereby build bridges between countries, cultures, languages and peoples. Apply to join: lingua.globalvoices.org/volunteer-as...

"My worry was that we were at the beginning of a race to the bottom... I was concerned we were going to end up hollowing out our industry until what we’re left with is a tech sector rather than a creative, human sector." #translation lingua.globalvoices.org/2025/03/inte...

‘We think humans should be doing the actual creation work': An interview with FairLoc's Tina Julsgaard

FairLoc is a digital seal that certifies a translation was created by humans, not machines. Co-founder Tina Julsgaard explains its origin, how it works and why it matters.

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💡"Language is not just a vessel; it is a living entity. It changes as we change, lives as we live. It is no outsider but a part of us, breathing the same air, taking the shape of our lives, following the same paths of undoing and redemption."

Feeling in Farsi, Writing in English: On Translating Your Life From One Language to Another

I remember the first time I learned an English word. It was in a classroom somewhere in downtown Tehran. The language school was a four-story building, grand but sad, set against the smog and noise…

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From the archives: "I am not the only one doing this, there are many Taiwanese people engaging in this kind of people’s diplomacy." #translation

Polish-Taiwanese cultural bridges: An interview with translator Wei-Yun Lin-Górecka

Taiwan and Poland are distant geographically and culturally, yet share a long history of bilateral relations, as Taiwan-based translator and researcher Lin Wei-Yun Górecka explains.

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"The Malagasy language faces a major problem...As a translator, I strive to revitalize this rare and precious language because I hope it will one day become one of the most sought-after languages ​​in the field of translation."

‘A piece of home I carry with me': What our mother tongues mean to us

Members of the Global Voices community discuss the beauty of and injustices faced by their native languages.

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Quite a number of @globalvoices.org stories became available in lots of languages this week, thanks to the wonderful #translation work of our community of translators! Here's a sampling (1/9):

The dozens of language sites at @globalvoices.org are made possible by the generosity of the Lingua project’s volunteers, who donate their time to translate stories and thereby build bridges between countries, cultures, languages and peoples. Apply to join:

Volunteer as a Translator · Global Voices Lingua

Volunteering as a translator with the Lingua project can be rewarding in several different ways.

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"The creation of the French–Ewe dictionary stems from a simple observation: a community’s language is the core of its identity." #translation

Interview with the author of a new French–Ewe dictionary in Togo

Slowly but surely, linguistic communities are benefiting from initiatives to promote local languages. A French–Ewe dictionary is now accessible, aimed at boosting language learning in West Africa.

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💡"The nuances of languages...are difficult to communicate via translation tools. And the benefits of being bilingual or multilingual–both personally and for the wider community–risk being lost if we don’t support second language learning."

With AI translation tools so powerful, what is the point of learning a language?

AI-powered technology means it has never been easier to translate between two languages. But that doesn’t mean we should give up on learning another tongue. The benefits still outweigh the effort.

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"...we’ve got things a little back-to-front. We’re letting the machines do the heavy lifting by creating a pre-translation, and then we’re doing the dull, mechanical part of the work when we go in and painstakingly tweak and review the machine output."

‘We think humans should be doing the actual creation work': An interview with FairLoc's Tina Julsgaard

FairLoc is a digital seal that certifies a translation was created by humans, not machines. Co-founder Tina Julsgaard explains its origin, how it works and why it matters.

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@risingvoices.bsky.social and Lingua te invitamos a participar en un taller introductorio sobre la traducción del español a las lenguas indígenas de América Latina. Más información y registro: rising.globalvoices.org/lenguas/conv...

[Convocatoria] Taller virtual: Traducción a lenguas indígenas · Activismo Digital de Lenguas Indígenas

Rising Voices y Global Voices Lingua te invitamos a participar en un taller virtual introductorio sobre la traducción del español a las lenguas indígenas. No solo aprenderás sobre la metodología de la...

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Once a quarter, the Lingua project's Translation Managers select outstanding translations of @globalvoices.org stories that deserve a special round of applause. A new batch is coming next month, so be sure not to miss last quarter's honored translators!

Celebrating outstanding translations from the last three months

Once a quarter, the Lingua project's Translation Managers select one or two outstanding translations that deserve a special round of applause.

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