Hi, my name is Elsa Marieds
and I'm the founder and CEO of Red Dot Foundation
also known as Safecity
Safecity is a crowd map for sexual violence in public spaces
and this is collected as location based trends
visualised on a map, as hotspots
As you know, sexual violence is a global pandemic
we have received a lot of international recognition
for our work in crowdsourcing data and technology to address it
As a result, we've been invited to speak across the world
and share our work with several audiences
I speak in English, but my audiences may not know English
as their primary language
Therefore, translation is critical because it helps share my message
in the true context and meaning that I intend it to be
For example, I'm in Argentina right now
and I've had several speaking assignments
with over five hundred people at each of these places
Without the help of translators, these people
would not have understood a word of what I said
yet, they have appreciated my work and they've got the context and meaning
of what we are doing.
So in this International Translator's Day
I would like to celebrate translators and translations
And thank you very much because language is so critical
we have to find the bridges to share our experiences with each other.
Thank you.