WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionbridge
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIOX), today announced that it has
become the first Diamond Sponsor of Translators without Borders
(TWB), the world's leading non-profit translation organization.
In the four years since its incorporation as a US-based charity,
Translators without Borders has risen to become the leading
advocate for translation and language as important tools in
development and crisis. The organization translates more than 8
million words a year for humanitarian development, responds
immediately to crises using Rapid Response Teams and trains
translators in under-resourced languages.
"From the very start, Lionbridge has been a leader in helping us
increase access to knowledge around the world and advocate for
translation as a strategic humanitarian tool," said Andrew Bredenkamp, Board Chair of Translators
without Borders. "We are thrilled that they are taking the step to
greater support, setting an example for others in the
industry."
TWB's sponsors, coupled with its thousands of volunteers, have
been the engine that has propelled the organization to success. The
more than 50 TWB sponsors from the translation industry, stand with
the charity in telling the world that #TranslationMatters and
#LanguageMatters.
Paula Shannon, CSO and Senior
Vice President of Lionbridge, was a founding board member of TWB
and continues in the capacity of advisor. She explains, "We are
honored to be partners with Translators without Borders, helping
show the world that translation can improve and even save lives
around the world. Our participation and support has been a
consistent point of pride for our employees and partners. As
a global leader, it is unique and rewarding to connect our
professional mission and translation expertise with a charitable
endeavor."
The support provided by sponsors is critical to sustaining and
growing the organization, particularly in building a long-term
governance structure that supports key programs.
About Translators without Borders
Translators without
Borders envisions a world where knowledge knows no language
barriers. The US-based nonprofit provides people access to
vital knowledge in their language by connecting nonprofit
organizations with a professional community of volunteer
translators, building local language translation capacity, and
raising awareness of language barriers. Originally founded in
1994 in France as Traducteurs sans
Frontieres (now its sister organization), Translators without
Borders translates more than five million words per year. In
2012, the organization established a Healthcare Translators'
Training Center in Nairobi,
Kenya. For more information and to volunteer or donate,
please visit: http://www.translatorswithoutborders.org or follow on
Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/TranslatorsWB.
About Lionbridge
Lionbridge enables more than 800
world-leading brands to increase international market share, speed
adoption of products and effectively engage their customers in
local markets worldwide. Using our innovative cloud technology
platforms and our global crowd of more than 100,000 professional
cloud workers, we provide translation, online marketing, global
content management and application testing solutions that ensure
global brand consistency, local relevancy and technical usability
across all touch points of the customer lifecycle. Based in
Waltham, Mass., Lionbridge
maintains solution centers in 28 countries. To learn more, visit
http://www.lionbridge.com.
Contact: Sara Buda,
1-978-964-1404
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SOURCE Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.