Ted is a major media partner of Amara
The Kony 2012 video was translated into 30 different languages within 48 hours.
“Launched in 2010, working with outstanding partners including PBS Newshour, Khan Academy, Mozilla, and Al Jazeera, Universal Subtitles (Amara) has already garnered more than 200,000 subtitles in 100 different languages, over a half a million video views per month, and over one million unique visits to its website.” - UNAOC
“Amara is the next ‘Wikipedia’– a massive community that’s doing something that would be impossible without global participation, and which benefits all of us.”
Amara partners with multi-media giants including Netflix, PBS and TED, covering topics ranging from culture to politics and news to entertainment. Reville tells CV that Amara is being inundated with requests for translation: “We hope to keep most of what we do completely free by having a set of services for organizations that need special help with creating volunteer teams.” Whatever the next impactful story, whether it’s a video that goes viral and makes us laugh, or a video that goes viral and makes us cry, Amara is waiting and ready to ensure that no one is lost in translation!
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