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Let's meet this Friday April 10th at 5pm GMT, for the year's first Open House.

In March, we hit 13 million words translated by PPB volunteers. In this first quarter of 2026, we are translating just over half a million words each month, and that doesn't look to be slowing down. We currently serve 150 organizations/causes around the world. Congratulations and thank you to every volunteer who has given of their time and expertise so far (and thank you in advance for those still waiting for their first project)!

Some time last year, we started offering ProZ Pro Bono volunteers who have worked on an Evergreen piece the option to send their translations through review with other volunteers, so that they can be featured openly on the PPB website. The thinking with this was to provide something beyond just practice, allow opportunities for the translator-reviewer interaction, and better showcase what our volunteers can do. Well, the Evergreen gallery is now open for visits! The first r

Though I did not have the opportunity to participate directly, I remember back in 2011, when ProZ.com was supporting Translators without Borders more actively, and my coworker and mentor, Enrique Cavalitto , started mentioning this whole Wiki Project Med thing. What does that mean and why don't they call it Wiki Med Project , my overly-structured brain thought. Enrique was the lead on the ProZ.com side of collaborating with TwB, and aside from helping provide the platform for

I have to admit—I almost forgot to celebrate Cicero. But as it turns out, remembering him is far more important than remembering a birthday. Born on 3 January 106 BCE , Marcus Tullius Cicero was not just a Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher; he was also one of the earliest thinkers to reflect systematically on translation, long before Translation Studies became a formal discipline. Cicero occupies a special place in the history of translation theory. He was a pre-Transl

Thank you to everyone who has reached out and participated in the organization of this year's Giving Tuesday event, especially those who are presenting sessions at the event! If you have the time, please tune in for the event tomorrow, Tuesday, December 2nd. You can see the program and express your intent to attend with one click here, or just go and attend once it starts : https://www.proz.com/tv/Giving_Tuesday_2025   And if you can, please help spread the word! We want to b

Guess what I saw when I started looking at volunteer profiles?

Calling volunteers working into Chinese, Hindi, Turkish, Urdu, and Arabic to Italian and Spanish!

This year's Giving Tuesday event will showcase the expertise of some of PPB's wonderful volunteers.

Seasons change. Children grow up. Friends grow apart. Businesses grow out of each other. Nevertheless, Pro Bono is just going through a hiatus, and it is undoubtedly coming up in a new, refreshing appearance.

A year has passed since I shared my first blog post with Proz Pro Bono. I was super excited to have it posted but at the same time, I...

I wasn’t sure whether I was the right one to write about Eid in Egypt. My memories related to Eid were a bit foggy as if they were coming...

Wiki Project Med is one of the clients of ProZ Pro Bono, which helps people get access to accurate medical information, online or...

When the song “ Ramadan gana ” is widely played on television and radio, people learn that the following day is going to be the beginning...

There’s a lot of debate and discussion around what love is. Some say it’s a social construct that we try to live up to. Others say it’s a...

If Florida is the state where woke goes to die, then I want Pro Bono to be the place where it comes to thrive.

When we first made the decision to move to Barcelona back in 2017, "hola" was one of about 100 Spanish words I knew.

Arabic has many dialects, varying from one Arab country to another and even throughout each country. In Egypt, dialects differ from the...

There are many examples of scams nowadays, and I want to show you one of these cases. I got this message from a scammer recently.

How time flies! This time last year, I was in Anuradhapura with a humble and simple Sri Lankan family. They welcomed with open arms, an...