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.