
Tarjimly
Tarjimly, Inc.
Mountain View, United States of America · Founded 2017
https://www.tarjimly.orgHeadquarters location
Mission
Tarjimly connects refugees and aid organizations with volunteer translators through a mobile app, breaking down language barriers that prevent displaced people from accessing critical services like healthcare, legal aid, and education.
Current technology use
A free mobile app that connects a global community of 65,000+ bilingual volunteers in 200+ languages anytime and anywhere.
Machine Learning to intelligently route translation requests to the best available volunteer or paid translator based on language, dialect, time zone, and self-reported expertise.
Public notes
Refugees/Service Providers download the app and request translator for specific language pair. Volunteer translators worldwide sign up and indicate their prefered languages and availability. The AI then matches requests to available volunteers in seconds.
Press and research
- News article
Pollard, J. (2024). A volunteer network of interpreters wants to make refugees’ languages more accessible. Will AI help?. AP News.
- News article
Utley, T. (2017). How Three Millennial Entrepreneurs Created A Messenger Bot To Help Refugees. Forbes.
- Other
Javed, A. (2022). Tarjimly: Translating for Humanity. MIT Solve