How Professional African Language Translation determines effective Communication

Somalia joins Al-Shabab” is a statement doing its rounds by sports, especially football fanatics on twitter rather in a lighter sense and not in the terrorist connotation, an example of how powerful Professional African Language Translation determines the effectiveness of communication.

In this sense Somalia is a professional Brazilian football player who was formerly with the Toulouse FC team in France but recently transferred to Al-Shabab in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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A tweet by a bemused football fan about Somalia joining Al-Shabab football club in Saudi Arabia.

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How Professional African Language Translation determines effective Communication

Two Languages That Require No Translation Services

There’s a political whirlwind sweeping perilously through the land. It began in Arua Municipality during the parliamentary by-election there after frenzied fans of an opposition candidate allegedly threw stones at the presidential motorcade. The president’s security detail retaliated; one man was shot dead and others injured. Several PMs were arrested as well but it’s the detention of popular legislator Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine that has had a seismic effect; provoking many Ugandans to hit the streets in protestation, demanding his immediate release. A couple of days down the road, sanity is far from returning. The raattt-raattt of gunfire is the order of the day as police and the army continue to battle rioters in several suburbs in and outside the capital.

What are these Two Languages

As the political uncertainty heightens, it becomes our moral duty to stand tall and speak two homogenous languages that luckily require no translation services.

The first is the language of love. This is a universal language that has the most healing touch when spoken from the innermost heart without any pretence. This is the language that is driven by the famous creed: do unto others as you would love them do unto you. If this language was spoken in Rwanda in the early 90s, genocide would not have lasted, neither would have racism and apartheid caused the havoc they did in America and South Africa respectively. With the political current prevailing in Uganda the only healing balm is the love language that makes peace, not war. This language does not have tribal undertones; does not incite the masses against one another. It does not say that just because a bad leader is from one region then everyone from that region is bad. Far from it. This is the language of unity, of oneness in fighting evil. It’s not a language of violence, of keeping grudges, of vengeance. It’s a language that Martin Luther King Jr., and Mahatma Gandhi spoke fluently; that’s why they were very successful in their activism.

While articulating the power of love in his Letter to the Corinthians, Paul the apostle said that love never gives up; it cares more for others than for self, doesn’t force itself on others, and doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, and trusts God always. Paul concluded by saying that of the three things that endure – faith, hope and love – the greatest is love. If our leaders and those led all acted in love, there would be no turmoil like the kind rampaging the nation; the world would be the best place to live.

The second language worth speaking in political times that try men’s souls is the language of patriotism. This is where love for one’s country takes precedence in so much that whatever we do should advance the interests of the country for the wellbeing of all. Right now the hottest hashtag on social media is #FreeBobiWine. No doubt it’s inspired by patriotism because everyone can tell Bobi Wine was arrested unfairly and his inhuman treatment and the government’s insistence on trying him in the army court martial when he is a civilian violets the ideal of patriotism.  So it’s a good thing that so many Ugandans are hurt by the plight of Bobi Wine. They are speaking one language of patriotism; saying the man who has served the country well with his instructive music, and as a legislator deserves fair treatment than what the regime is dishing out to him. Thus the language of patriotism demands fairness for all, and it’s a language that ought to be spoken loudly in word and action. Martin Luther King Jr said we begin to die the moment we keep silent about things that matter. Let’s all speak up this language of patriotism that needs no translator and one day we shall overcome.

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Why Information travels faster with the 6 United Nations Official Languages

Kofi Annan, the former first black African man, and the 8th General Secretary of the United Nations was on Saturday pronounced dead at the age of 80, following a short illness as reported by the official UN website in all the 6 United Nations Official Languages.

The peace Nobel prize winner served graciously for 2 terms from 1997 to the year 2006 and his reign was praised for diligence and servant hood especially followed by his stint as the UN’s convoy to Syria in a bid to bring an end to the relentless wars.

 

Breaking news travels faster with the 6 United Nations Official Languages

Like other breaking News that affect the world in one or another,  just like Kofi Annan’s death touched us because the UN is present in almost all countries of the world especially in parts ridden with natural disasters, poverty, sickness ad war, the News is spread much faster and further when broken in a number of languages.

One may argue that social media and the general development in technology should be credited for faster distribution and consuming of News. This is true to some extent but is a factor like other factors to cause News to travel faster.

Having something put out there in various languages aids its fast movement because people get to read, watch or hear the News in the language they understand most. For example, on the United Nations official page, one has an option of clicking on their language of choice option.

The 6 United Nations official Languages include;

It should be noted that 3 of the 6 United Nations official languages are widely spoken in Africa as official, first, second languages or as lingua franca. For example, Arabic is a major language in North African states like Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Sudan although it comes in different variations depending on where one is and is also spoken to some extent by so many Muslims in all parts of Africa.

English on the other hand is spoken by almost all former British colonies on the African continent and other countries that simply adapted to it and took it on which include; Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Zambia, Namibia and Rwanda. It should be noted that the latter country took on English in after supposedly getting frustrated by the French language in a bid to strengthen ties with her English speaking countries in 2009.

Chinese is offered as a special course for the interested few to learn especially at tertiary levels and language institutions. There is likely a bright future for the Chinese language in Africa because of China’s increased interest on the continent.

Other influential languages in Africa

All in all effective communication is key to the smooth running of things in the world today and availing News in languages people understand best is key to achieving effective global communication. While the United Nations and a few other entities have put this in place, more especially on the business world need to follow for its success and professional translation services is one way to look at it.

By Angela Kyolaba

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How African Languages Barrier may become a death trap

A Taiwanese national Chang Ming Chuang has been reported dead after an attack by a hippo at lake Naivasha in Kenya after the man who was first falsely identified as Chinese is reported to have been tracking the hippo. It is also reported that there are about 500 deaths of people by hippos in Africa a year, although this very incident is said to have been caused by rising water levels that cause these animals that way more than 2000 kilograms to get into people’s farms and at hotels in search for food and African languages barrier.

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How African Languages Barrier may become a death trap

Why you need Specialized African Translation Services

While a multilingual might interpret when the need arises for easier communication, there are serious moments when Specialized African Translation Services call it customized interpretation will be needed. This especially in more complex sectors where there’s no room for any kind of mistake as the latter may lead into causalities that may not necessarily reversed.

For example, if information on a medical report is mistranslated, this may lead to wrong dosages being dispensed thus causing health problems that may bring about death!

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Why you need Specialized African Translation Services