Become a Community Interpreter
Volunteer as a community translator and help eliminate language barriers for people accessing critical services—whenever and wherever you can.
Support displaced individuals, resettlement agencies, food banks, medical clinics, legal services, and more by providing essential translation and interpretation.
Choose when and how you help. Pick up text translation requests or accept on-demand interpretation calls whenever you're available.
Translate texts and documents on our web portal or mobile app. The app also lets you take live interpretation calls or schedule them ahead of time.
Access training opportunities and build your impact profile to showcase your contributions and achievements as a community translator.
Need more help getting started or want to share Tarjimly as a resource?
I have had the privilege of assisting vulnerable communities worldwide by bridging language gaps… Each interaction has deepened my understanding of the challenges faced by vulnerable communities and reinforced my commitment to providing meaningful support.
I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this important work and look forward to continuing to make a positive impact through Tarjimly in bridging language divides… Through the innovative use of technology and the dedication of volunteers, it offers a tangible solution to one of the most pressing challenges facing displaced populations today.
Our Legal Access Department works to promote people seeking asylum’s access to justice in the UK, supporting people through the difficult process of claiming asylum... Tarjimly has facilitated almost 1000 conversations with our clients in only the last three months. It has become an invaluable resource which we at Care4Calais rely on every day, often multiple times per day.
Tarjimly premium has been a huge help for us, especially for responding to messages and for announcements to the community on our social media channels. All the interpreters I've been connected with have been very responsive and professional, and we received positive feedback on the translations provided. I especially appreciate the wide variety of language and the quick response to requests.
If you say yes to the following three questions, you can start volunteering with Tarjimly straight away:
Complete 30 sessions with a minimum rating of 4.6* on Tarjimly and you can receive a certificate. Contribute to more than 70 sessions with a minimum rating of 4.6* and you'll qualify for a personalized job reference. Reach the milestone of 100 sessions with a minimum rating of 4.6* and we'll proudly endorse your skills on LinkedIn.
The vast majority of Tarjimly translators are volunteers, who are able and willing to donate their time and skills to help others. However, we are able to pay a small number of translators for high demand or rarer languages which are difficult to find translators for. Check out our careers page on the website to see which languages we are currently recruiting for, and how you can apply.
It’s preferable if you already have some experience in translation or interpretation, but it’s not necessary. We recommend that you take our in-app training to learn more about best practices of interpretation and translation, safeguarding, alongside other topics. For translators without experience, we recommend you take your time to carefully review these trainings before accepting requests.
No, you can volunteer as much or as little as you like. If you receive a notification and you're free to help, click yes. If you're not available, just click no!
When someone requests help on the Tarjimly app, we reach out to multiple translators to ensure they get matched. That means sometimes when you accept a request for help, another translator accepted before you, and you'll receive a notification about that.
Don't worry, you'll get your chance to help someone with translation and interpretation!
Additionally when you click "yes" and "no" to Tarjimly requests, it helps us learn when you're normally available. This helps us target you with requests at better times, and to target smaller groups of translators more effectively.
Democratizing humanitarian language access through community and technology at a global scale
