Tarjimly

Seeking Translators to help Asylum Seekers, Refugees & Migrants.

Tarjimly aims to eliminate language barriers for refugees and immigrants.

Posted March 14, 2024

Immediate Problem

Breaking down language barriers for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Immigrants by providing translation services.

Work & Deliverables

Background & Context
Tarjimly provides free interpretation and translation to refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers and those who serve them. Our volunteers assist people seeking a range of different support services, and legal background knowledge and vocabulary can be very useful for providing high-quality translation and interpretation services.

Immediate Problem
Refugees and immigrants who don't speak English will encounter language barriers that can affect the services they receive.

Work & Deliverables
We are looking for passionate humanitarians who speak the below languages:

Dari
Pashto
Spanish
Swahili
Kinyarwanda
Vietnamese
Lingala
Haitian Creole
Somali
Tigrinya
Sango
Dinka
Kirundi
Kurdish (Kurmanji & Sorani)
Hausa
Wolof
Oromo
Wolof
Burmese
Nepali

Volunteers can eliminate language barriers and help refugees get the support they need. Through the Tarjimly mobile app, volunteers will receive notifications when someone is in need of interpretation or translation. Volunteers can choose to accept or reject the request based on their availability.

Additional Information

  • Time Commitment: 1-5 hours
  • Training Provided: No
  • Site-Preference: Remote
  • Open to Law Students: No
  • Bar License(s) required: Any Bar License
  • Required Languages: None
  • Required Legal Expertise: None
  • Preferred Legal Expertise: Human Rights, Immigration
  • Mentoring Provided: No
  • Supervision Provided: Yes
Tarjimly

Tarjimly is a tech nonprofit founded in 2017 with the mission of eliminating language barriers for refugees, asylees, immigrants, and those who serve them. The Tarjimly mobile app connects you with an on-demand translator or interpreter through our community of 20,000+ volunteers. Our translators speak over 60 languages and are available in under 2 minutes to translate text, documents, voice notes, or get on a 3-way call.

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