Updated: Translation Guidelines and OA Glossary

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

New! Mobile-Friendly and Translatable Documents in the Document Library

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

Translation Royalties Report

Thank you to the following OA service bodies and group who sent a total of US$1,833.85 in royalties to OA world service throughout 2024: Israel National Service Board #09960 The Dutch Intergroup #09401 National Service Board OA of Greece #09974 Clug-Napoca group (Romania) #53256 Israel National Service Board #09960 CCA Columbia Intergroup #09688 Costa Rica … Continued

Translation Funding Available for OA Literature — Apply Anytime!

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

Lifeline Now Available in 47 Languages; Translation Editors Needed

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

New OA.org Translation Feature Launching Soon

A translation upgrade is coming to oa.org in the form of a new language selector and web page translation powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and volunteer translators. The new software can even automatically open oa.org in a non-English language based on the language setting in the visitor’s browser. Soon, all web page text on oa.org, … Continued

Translation Volunteers Needed for OA.org

Are you fluent in a non-English language? If you meet basic abstinence and service requirements, the World Service Office needs your service to improve oa.org web page translations that have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI). OA is launching a new website translation feature, and as a designated website translation volunteer, you will have the … Continued