Translate.org.za won a coveted Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) award for their contribution to multilingualism and nation building over the last decade.

The award 'Multilingualism and Nation Building: eBusiness Institution of the Decade' is recognition for Translate.org.za's ground breaking work in the area of multilingual software. This work recognises Translate.org.za’s historic invention of the country’s first multilingual keyboard, open source spell checkers, and translation of software such as OpenOffice.org and Mozilla Firefox, as well as their ongoing effort to work with universities to train students to translate software through our Translate@thon programme.

Says Dwayne Bailey, Director of Translate.org.za, “Ngiyabonga kakhulu! We are very honoured to receive this award, especially as it is given by our peers and because it recognises our contribution over many years to all of South Africa's official languages.”

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