Category: Volunteering

Video Translation for Climate Action: Expanding Environmental Content Worldwide

How Captions and Subtitles Help Environmental Videos Reach Global Audiences In preparation for World Environment Day, organizations, nonprofits, educators, filmmakers, and content creators around the world are sharing videos that raise awareness about climate change, sustainability, conservation, and environmental protection. But creating impactful environmental content is only the first step. To maximize reach and engagement,…

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How Nonprofits Can Scale Global Impact with Volunteer Subtitling (and the Right Platform)

In today’s digital-first world, video is one of the most powerful tools nonprofits have to educate, advocate, and mobilize communities. But without subtitles and captions, much of that content remains inaccessible—whether due to language barriers or hearing impairments. For nonprofits looking to expand their reach globally while staying cost-efficient, volunteer subtitling combined with the right…

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Enhancing Global Learning: Chain of Education Partners with Amara and Osmosis from Elsevier to Translate Health Education Videos

In an inspiring move to bridge linguistic and educational gaps in healthcare, Osmosis from Elsevier, a leading platform for medical education, has teamed up with Chain of Education, a global social enterprise focused on equitable learning opportunities. Using the Amara.org platform, volunteer health professional students from Chain of Education are translating select health education videos…

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Amara Open Thoughts: Alessandra and the struggle of a hard of hearing loved one

Amara Open Thoughts is a new series powered by the Participatory Culture Foundation and Amplifying Voices, where we share stories, listen to people, and give voice to our global community of change makers. Guest post written by Alessandra Pace, volunteer and translator for Amara On Demand Recently I lost one of the most important people…

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International Translation Day – Stories from the Amara Community

We can’t believe it’s almost been one month since International Translation Day!  It was amazing to hear from so many people around the globe about how subtitles have impacted their lives, and as one last ITD2016 hurrah, we’ve collected our favorite quotes from each story and listed them below.  Or if you’d like, take a…

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