Community Recognition Program

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Hi! I don’t know if this the right place to ask, but I know that when you reach the 20,000 words, you may ask for a certificate. May I claim one? Thank you in advance

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Hey Miriam,

If you go on your Profile tab and scroll down you’ll see a heading called Community Recognition Program, where you’ll find all the information you need.

Contributions are point-based, not word-based, and the points are calculated according to this table:

Type of task Unit Points accrued per unit
Translation 1 word 1
Revision 1 word 0.5
Transcription 1 word 0.5
Voice recording 1 word 1
Translation of subtitles 1 word 1
Revision of subtitles 1 word 0.5
Terminology 1 term 10
You can request rewards when you reach 5,000 points (Certification of volunteer activity), 15,000 points (Reference letter) and 30,000 points (Recommendation on professional platforms).

You can request rewards at recognition@translatorswithoutborders.org and the TWB staff will process your request within 2 business days.

Happy translating!
Elena

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How is the terminology task working?

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Hey @Ha3ibullah!

In my case, I was contacted by TWB to help put together a glossary of terms. A humanitarian company they were collaborating with noticed some terms relating to the field had various translations in my language, so they requested TWB to create a glossary of terms to be used by translators in order to have consistency.

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Thank you, I appreciate it.

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Good day,

The email recognition@translatorswithoutborders.org didn’t respond more regarding the recognition program monetary reward, and I wrote them 3-4 times in a period of a month. Is it possible that this program is no more valid? Thank you

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Good day @Muhammad2, Please accept our apologies for not responding sooner; we received your email but the high volume of requests that we are receiving daily has affected our processing speed. With that said, you will be hearing from us in the next few days. Thank you again for your patience Muhammad.

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The staff is not cooperative regarding the recognition program, which keeps you waiting months for an update. The automated generated email for the program recognition reply clearly says that the staff will contact us within 10 to 20 days, but it is not true. Thank you

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I reached 334260 points (words translated), of which 238630 are strategic Pashto points (words translated), but no rewards were received.

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Hi @Muhammad2, Thank you again for your patience but I believe a colleague has now contacted you via email with the next steps. We really appreciate the amazing work that you are doing in supporting us, thank you again Muhammad!

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Hi @Aya.Alrifai,

Hope you are doing well!

I need a reference letter and I have sent an email but it says that I have to wait from 10-20 days. I need it currently if possible! It will not be important for me after 10 days! :slight_smile: So, is it possible to receive it earlier?

Thank you so much in advance!

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Hi @Dalia1, we will try to prioritize your reference letter so you may get it earlier!

Best regards,
Chris

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Great! Thank you @Chris_A !

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Hi folks,

Hope all are doing well. I’ve recently check my profile and saw that my recognition points is less than the words I have donated. Is there any ongoing glitch or do I need to wait more time? TIA!

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Hey @anuavk !

It’s not a glitch. The word count shows the number of words you have donated to TWB, while the recognition points are calculated based on the type of task, so in some cases a word is worth more than a point, while in others it is less. Recognition points are calculated as follows:

Type of task Unit Points accrued per unit
Translation 1 word 1
Revision 1 word 0.5
Proofreading/Approval 1 word 0.25
Transcription 1 word 0.5
Voice recording 1 word 1
Translation of subtitles 1 word 1
Revision of subtitles 1 word 0.5
Terminology 1 term 10
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Hello and thank you for your question! As @ElenaF is correctly saying (thank you, Elena!) different tasks give you a different number of points per word. In your case, Anuja, you have delivered 2 translation tasks and 2 revision tasks. The translation tasks give you 1 point per word translated, while the revision tasks give you 0.5 point per word revised. I hope this helps! You can learn more about the Community Recognition Program here :gift: FAQs are here

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Good day,

Monetary reward in pending since 3 to 4 months.

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Hi @Muhammad2

Mine is pending for 6 months… Show some tolarance, it will soon be paid. The problem is that huge number of volunteers are requesting their rewards, and processing all these requests with all the routine work is not easy thing to do in a speed. Besides, TWB is a non-profit organisation, and the benefits of our work mainly get back to our communities.
NB/- I am not a TWB staff … I am too a volunteer eagerly waiting his reward :sweat_smile:. Thanks!

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Hey @Muhammad2 Apologies for the delay with this, as mentioned, we have an overwhelming number of monetary requests. I can see that you reached out to us via our recognition email, we shall follow up with you soon. :slight_smile:

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hi kind @Aya.Alrifai i have a question just for curiosity… . when someone wants to delete his or her twb account ,

the person must request the deleting or can do it on the profile pic???

thanks! and have an excelent day . :smiling_face: :smiling_face: :smiling_face:

melody