Volunteer Subtitling

Bringing U.S. Presidential Debates to a Chinese Audience

Republican presidential candidates debating in Las Vegas on Dec. 15. A network of volunteer translators in China called the Guojiang Subtitle Group has been posting videos of the debates online with Chinese subtitles. Credit Ruth Fremson/The New York Times Sinosphere By OWEN GUO, JAN. 3, 2016, The New York Times BEIJING — From his graduate student dormitory in the southern city of Guangzhou, Yin Hao works late into the night with an online network of about half a dozen other volunteer translators.

Imagine you are a Palestinian academic or a student

The Islamic University of Gaza bombed by Israeli F16 warplanes, August 02, 2014. (Photo: Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Nazmi Al-Masri on August 12, 2014 Over the one-year period from July 2013 to July 2014, I was supposed to participate in six international academic conferences and meetings as a partner in four international projects: three EU-funded projects (two from Erasmus-Mundus, one Tempus) and one BritishArts and Humanities Research Council-funded project. Because of the siege and the current war, I could not participate in any of these academic gatherings, which were held in the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Jordan, and Cyprus....