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My Two Hats 16 Mar 2012 | 02:00 am

As co-founder of both Lexcelera and Translators without Borders, I spend a lot of time switching between two hats. Hat number one is an entrepreneurial hat, and I’ve been wearing it since I was 12. T...

Want to End Poverty and Save Lives? Translate! 19 Feb 2012 | 02:42 am

During all those years I spent “almost giving” I imagined myself serving food in a refugee camp, or teaching children in an orphanage. I never dreamed that my own métier – translation – could actually...

Everyone in Africa speaks English. Or do they? 21 Jan 2012 | 04:41 am

English Africa, French Africa, Portuguese Africa. We are accustomed to using these terms to designate different countries of Africa. Kenya is considered an anglophone country while Mali is universally...

2011 in review 14 Jan 2012 | 10:12 pm

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,100 times in 2011...

Guest Post from Weru Macharia 22 Dec 2011 | 01:53 am

I am writing to express my delight at last week’s meeting in Nairobi during the cocktail for Nairobi based translators. It was an eye opener in as far as we were reminded that translation isn’t only a...

Call for Translation in Kenya’s Kibera Slum 13 Dec 2011 | 08:34 pm

Trains graze the stalls in the Kibera slum We’ve been invited to Kibera, Kenya’s largest slum, to talk about – of all things – translation. “We” refers to a delegation from Translators without Border...

I Believe 11 Nov 2011 | 12:51 am

I believe that for the first time in human history we are capable of sharing knowledge with everyone on this planet, regardless of where they live and what language they speak. I believe that everyth...

Come join us today! 17 Sep 2011 | 05:06 pm

I’m so excited about the strides Translators without Borders has made in the last few months. - Thanks to an online translation platform programmed for us by ProZ.com, we’ve already increased our cap...

Mentoring Congolese Translators for Health 14 Sep 2011 | 10:05 pm

Translators without Borders is matching European and African translators to help bring the first health knowledge platform to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Tufts University, based in Boston, has ...