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The World Service Office has added subtitles in your language to the video “How to Submit a Motion to World Service Business Conference (WSBC).” OA members can use this video to understand the process all new ideas must follow to be considered and voted on at World Service Business Conference. To activate subtitles in your … Continued
OA volunteers have helped translate OA literature into more than 30 languages worldwide! But to make that happen, registered OA service bodies must first apply for licensing from the World Service Office. If you have any interest in OA’s translation process, you won’t want to miss this episode! Join us as Emilia from Rome, Italy, who … Continued
Thank you to the following OA service bodies and group who have sent a total of US$4,484.94 in royalties to OA world service from January to July 2025: Israel National Service Board #09960 Costa Rica Intergroup #09688 Intergroup OA Francais de Montreal Iran National Service Board OA Great Britain National Service Board National Service Board … Continued
Registered OA groups and service bodies as well as small groups of interested members (where a registered group might not yet be established, for example) are eligible to receive funding to assist with translation of OA literature. The International Publications and Translations Committee recommends translating OA literature in a certain order, starting with the OA … Continued
If your service body translates OA literature, you’ll want to advise them that OA’s Guidelines for Translation of OA Materials has been significantly revised and updated and now includes a helpful flowchart that illustrates the licensing process. Comfortably read the new Guidelines on mobile devices and in 48 languages. In addition, the OA Glossary, a key … Continued
Have you looked at the Document Library lately? Slowly but surely, our most commonly used OA documents are being converted to a new mobile-friendly and translatable format. To identify which documents have been converted, go to the Document Library and select “ONLINE” in the “Format” drop-down menu or look for “ONLINE“ documents as you scroll … Continued
OA wants to put a copy of Where Do I Start? Everything a Newcomer Needs to Know in the hands of every newcomer who joins an OA meeting. We are pleased to announce a new, mobile-friendly and translatable format available in 48 languages and a simple URL to remember: oa.org/start. The new format automatically opens … Continued
The Public Awareness/Professional Tradeshows Committee of the OA Board of Trustees has released a memo advising service bodies of an option for a free software platform that offers licensed images, translation, and graphic design tools. The memo, Free Licensed Images, Translation, and Graphic Design Platform for Intergroups and Service Boards Registered as Nonprofits/Charities has been … Continued
Translation in 47 languages has been added to our Lifeline: Stories of Recovery blog at lifeline.oa.org. Now when an OA member or newcomer visits Lifeline, the website will automatically open in their preferred language. Right-to-left languages, such as Persian, Hebrew, and Arabic will even open in the browser with a new right-to-left format. Translation has … Continued