Tag: Ukraine
The Language of War
In an address to the Russian populace on Feb. 21, Russian president Vladimir Putin made several claims about the Ukrainian government’s attempts to suppress ethnic Russians and Russian speakers living in Ukraine.
Tetyana Struk: LSP work during wartime
At the beginning of this month, Tetyana Struk sent her husband off to war with a heartbreaking post on social media. In between bomb alarms, she made time for us to tell us what it is like to manage a localization firm from war torn Ukraine.
UK language service professionals form Ukraine Language Support Task Force
In an effort to help Ukrainian refugees who settle in the United Kingdom, six associations for language professionals have come together to form the Ukraine Language Support Task Force.
HelpUkraineBot ready to answer questions on Latvia’s support to Ukraine
The Latvian artificial intelligence and language processing company Tilde has created a virtual assistant HelpUkraineBot, providing information on giving and receiving assistance to Ukrainian people in...
LocLunch Founder organizes global music festival to help Ukraine
Due to the urgency of the situation and increasing needs for funds, the concert is being quickly put together, with the webpage list of artists updating frequently as more join the cause.
Why we say “Kyiv” and not “Kiev”: The difficulty of translating place names
Ukraine has become the center of the media’s attention in recent weeks, and while more people seem aware of the connotation of referring to it as “the Ukraine,” another question has popped up regarding the way we refer to Ukraine’s capital: Kyiv or Kiev?
Will you make the Ukrainian Language Pledge?
Worried about imploding markets and the long-term effects of the tragic events unfolding in Ukraine, LocLunch founder Jan Hinrichs came up with the idea of a Ukrainian Language Pledge to pool localization industry resources and help the Ukrainian linguists affected by the conflict.
M21Global supports Ukrainians with translation of personal documents
As of writing, more than 2 million Ukrainian citizens have fled Ukraine. To help those affected who wish to relocate to Portugal, M21Global, a...
Translit will provide free language services to Ukrainian refugees
MultiLingual spoke with the company’s CEO, Alex Chernenko, who was born in Odessa, Ukraine, about what LSPs can do to support Ukrainian refugees as war rages on in their country.