Training health translators from scratch

摘要

April 2, 2012, wasn't just another hot day in Nairobi, Kenya. It was the day Translators without Borders (TWB) started the pilot test site of its Health Translators' Training Program, to train a team of Kenyans how to translate health information into Swahili. You may wonder "Isn't TWB the web-based platform that facilitates the work professional translators volunteer to do for humanitarian organizations? So why training?" Good questions, so let me explain.