Today Translators without Borders - the non-profit founded by Lexcelera - announced a major milestone: <a href="https://translatorswithoutborders.org/50-million-words-milestone/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">50 million words translated</a> to support global aid. In just 6 years, Translators without Borders (TWB) has provided 50 million words of translation to humanitarian organizations for development aid and crisis response programs.

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From facilitating communication with the Rohingya refugees to informing the Grenfell Tower survivors to translating health information during the Ebola crisis, Translators without Borders has been on the front lines of virtually every international humanitarian crisis to help the most vulnerable people.

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“Fifty million is not just a number," said Lori Thicke, the co-founder, with Ros Smith-Thomas, of Traducteurs sans frontières (in 1993) and the founder of Translators without Borders (in 2010). "The contribution of 50 million words to global aid is a stunning achievement made possible by the growing community of Translators without Borders made up of tens of thousands of volunteers, the executive team, and donors,” said Lori Thicke, . “I believe that language is the missing piece in humanitarian action and that TWB is working today at scale to fill in that gap,”

That's why this week's milestone of 50 million words contributed to aid groups is so important. It's a stunning accomplishment by the thousands of people who are part of the Translators without Borders community. I salute you.

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When I founded Translators without Borders, I couldn't have guessed how many people would join the TWB movement, and make it an amazing source of help in global humanitarian crises.