Thai to English Translation for the Youth Innovation for Human Mobility Challenge Application

Contract

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The Online Volunteers will translate from Thai to English 2 application forms written in Thai. The 2 application forms are for the Youth Innovation for Human Mobility Challenge organized by UNDP Youth and Human Mobility team. The application form is hosted online and would be exported in the Microsoft Words document for the Online Volunteers. The 2 application forms have no more than 2000 Thai words. The two Online Volunteers are expected to work as a team in this task, with support from youth team colleague of UNDP Thailand.

• Translation

• Translation and interpretation

  One billion people, or about one in every eight persons around the world, live in informal urban areas, where families across generations are often squeezed into tiny, makeshift dwellings without access to running water, adequate sanitation and other essential services. Many are unemployed or in precarious work situations that barely pay for their daily survival. The impact of disasters and climate change is increasingly worsening such challenges. Most people in informal urban areas live in the sprawling megacities of Asia, with internal and cross-border migrants, displaced people, youth and women often over-represented, contributing to their exclusion. The marginalization of migrants and displaced people is frequently compounded by factors related to immigration status or municipal registrations, access to information and social support networks, or discrimination and xenophobia. UNDP and its partners believe that youth can make a lasting, positive difference in tackling these challenges head-on, by developing their own opportunities through social entrepreneurship and innovation, exploring dynamic approaches to mobilizing their peers and communities, and creating ad

• Volunteers: 2 needed

• 6-10 hours per week / 1 weeks

  Thai as mother tongue is mandatory. Professional translation experience and/or translation studies are highly appreciated. Interest in human mobility and/or youth empowerment is a plus.

• Thailand

• English, Thai