Posted on :
16 Apr, 2020
16 Apr, 2020
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Job Description
Job Title: Volunteer African Translators for Worldwide Course on Corona Virus
This is an unpaid, volunteer opportunity
About The Affiliated Organization
Alison is one of the largest free learning platforms worldwide. It was founded to enable anyone to study any subject, at any level, in any language, at any time, anywhere. We have 14m learners and 2.5m graduates worldwide. We are currently translating our English Coronavirus course into 100+ languages. We have the top 30 most spoken languages complete, but we are struggling to find volunteers who speak languages from smaller populations – not least in Africa and Asia. Have a look at www.alison.com/coronavirus to see the project page and a list of languages.
For more information, please visit alison.com/coronavirus
Job Description
Coronavirus Translation Project Goal: To enable nearly everyone, worldwide, to study a course on the Coronavirus Tasks
We are looking for volunteers with an academic/medical background so we can have confidence the translation is done well (we double-double check it no matter who translates) and also volunteers who can work with us efficiently and reliably for an hour or so every week to update the course as the corona virus and its mitigations evolve.
Important: We need volunteers as we are doing this as a community project and have no funds to spend on professional translators. Please let us know today if you can help!
Volunteer Logistics
Estimated hours required per week: 3 hours
The estimated duration of the project is: 6-12 months
This position is Virtual
Language Requirements
All languages with 10m+ Speakers
Desired Skills And Experience
Linkedin for Good Volunteering
Closing Date : 31st May, 2020