Resources For HRDs

Language Support for HRDs:

Association of Translation Companies & Charity Translators: A Quick Guide to Language Support for Charities Working with Languages, Translation and Interpreting

Translation as Empowerment Project: List of free language and translation support resources for NGO staff



Interpreting Support:

Tarjimly: Non-profit organization offering free and affordable remote interpretation services

Respond Crisis Translation: Non-profit offering trauma-informed interpretation services

Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO) Indigenous Language Interpretation Project



HRDs and Communication:

NGOs Communication Camp: NGOs Storytelling

Medium: NGO Communication Strategies

International Center for Language Studies: The Essential Role NGO Language Training: Culture and Communication

Translation Commons: Indigenous Language Digitization Initiative



Research in Translation and Development

The Listening Zones of NGOs Project:

INTRAC, University of Reading & University of Portsmouth

The Listening Zones of NGOs: Languages and Cultural Knowledge in Development Programmes

Institute of Modern Languages Research, SAS University of London: Translating Development

CHS Alliance: Do Languages Have a Low Priority in Development Work?

Accountable Now YouTube Channel: Language and Multiculturalism: Improving Communication to Advance Dynamic Accountability


Translation as Empowerment Project:

Dr Wine Tesseur, Dublin City University 

Translation as Empowerment: Translation as a Contributor to Human Rights in the Global South

List of free language and translation support resources for NGO staff

GOAL: Celebrating Language Skills, Acknowledging Challenges and Sharing Resources: Lessons from a Language Survey at GOAL


Translation Glossary Project:

Arts and Humanities Research Council & University of Portsmouth

Translation Glossary Project 

University of Portsmouth: From Malawi to the World – A New Grassroots Glossary to Improve Communications in International Development Work



Crisis Translation Project:

Interact - International Network on Crisis Translation

Crisis Translation Project

Crisis Translation YouTube Channel

Association of Translation Companies: Crisis Language Support

Slator: What is the Role of Translators and Translation Technology in Crisis Settings?