Volunteer with us - Translators without Borders

The Translators Without Borders Community Of Volunteers

Whatever language you speak, you can be part of the TWB Community.

Volunteering with Translators without Borders is a purposeful opportunity to use your language skills to help people. It’s also a great way to build your professional portfolio, especially if you are just starting your career.

TWB volunteers have worked with organizations like American Red Cross, CARE, Concern Worldwide, Oxfam and a lot more, offering translation and language services to help increase their impact.

TWB volunteers work on content such as:

Health

Helping people access vital health information and make informed decisions about their wellbeing, especially during emergencies and crises.

Financial Inclusion

Making financial information more accessible, helping people understand their options and participate more fully in their local economies.

Forced Displacement

Supporting refugees and displaced communities with information they can understand, from accessing essential services to navigating unfamiliar environments.

Climate Change

Connecting communities with information about climate risks, adaptation, and resilience in the languages they use every day.

Translators without Borders volunteers work on translation, interpretation via our app, revision, voice-over, subtitling, and other language-related tasks. Volunteers can choose tasks based on the languages they speak, their experience, interests, and availability. All our community members work remotely from wherever they are in the world.

As a Translators without Borders volunteer, you also have access to:

The TWB platform where you can claim tasks
Phrase TMS, a computer-assisted translation tool
Phrase TMS and TWB training materials and courses
Support from our staff
The TWB forum, where you can communicate with other volunteers and TWB staff
Glossaries and language style guides.
Special recognition rewards through our Community Recognition Program

Who can join the community of volunteers?

In order to join TWB, you must:

Be at least 18 years old
Be fluent in at least one language other than your native language
Have basic computer knowledge
Translation experience is a plus though not necessary
Be able to observe deadlines
Have access to the internet
Have access to a computer, phone or tablet

If this is you, and you want to join our community of volunteers

Testimonial Card

Barbara

TWB community member

By becoming part of the TWB Community, you’ll join over 100,000 people from around the world, and get a chance to make meaningful change through language.

You’ll provide language support to local and global organizations, helping bridge communication gaps between them and people living through a crisis – and beyond. You’ll contribute significantly to making information accessible, inclusive, and useful to people who need that information in their language.

Elisabetta I.

[...] TWB is, first of all, a very large community of translators, that you can access for advice and support. There are also plenty of resources to learn about the different aspects of the organisation and how to complete a task.
[...] TWB is also a self-development journey and you can learn a lot, as you go along helping others access valuable information.

Gladis A.

I joined TWB in 2014 because I believe that together we can bring about the change. It was one of the best decisions I have made. It has broadened my horizons and my skills. By allowing me to reach millions of people in need, to make a change in their lives by making information available in the language they understand, it has also enriched me spiritually. It is my way of standing up for those in need, standing up against inequality, against injustice, against poverty and hunger.

Stefan D.

Humanitarian translation differs from other translation types. In times of humanitarian emergencies, the most basic of phrases can change and save lives. The wonderful TWB community aids people in need to get vital information in the language they speak. Language barriers need to be overcome. Thank you, TWB for the opportunity to help people!