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Hi, my name is Elsa Marieds

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and I'm the founder and CEO 
of Red Dot Foundation

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also known as Safecity

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Safecity is a crowd map
for sexual violence in public spaces

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and this is collected 
as location based trends

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visualised on a map, as hotspots

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As you know, sexual violence 
is a global pandemic

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we have received 
a lot of international recognition

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for our work in crowdsourcing data 
and technology to address it

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As a result, we've been invited 
to speak across the world

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and share our work with several audiences

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I speak in English, but my audiences 
may not know English

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as their primary language

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Therefore, translation is critical 
because it helps share my message

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in the true context and meaning
that I intend it to be

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For example, I'm in Argentina right now

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and I've had several speaking assignments

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with over five hundred people 
at each of these places

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Without the help of translators,
these people

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would not have understood 
a word of what I said

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yet, they have appreciated my work 
and they've got the context and meaning

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of what we are doing

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So in this International Translator's Day

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I would like to celebrate 
translators and translations

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And thank you very much 
because language is so critical

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we have to find the bridges 
to share our experiences with each other

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Thank you.