Impact without borders

In times of crisis, fluency saves lives. This is especially so in situations involving diverse communities and the displacement of people, where access to critical services and information rests on the ability to communicate quickly and at scale. CLEAR Global is a non-profit dedicated to language access, including low-resource languages. Through research, a language platform and their linguist network Translators without Borders, they help humanitarian organizations deliver services in the native languages of affected populations.

What does this look like in practice? In Bangladesh, CLEAR Global supported the Rohingya community by providing language factsheets for humanitarian organizations. They also supported a bilingual education program for Marma-speaking children to democratize access to both literacy training and digital skills. In Nigeria, the NGO helped humanitarian groups to move beyond Hausa to include local languages such as Kanuri and Fulfulde, which helped grow the share of people receiving aid in their own language from 31 to 83%. Where humanitarian work spans cultures and countries, CLEAR Global helps NGOs speak the languages of the people they seek to help.

DeepL plays an important part in CLEAR Global’s work for select language pairs, allowing them to work efficiently and at scale.

• Putting people at the heart of translation: DeepL is integrated into CLEAR Global’s workflow to accelerate translation. This allows their community of linguists, many of whom are volunteers, to work faster and focus on what matters most to the people they serve.
• Balancing speed, quality, and trust: In time‑sensitive crisis situations, fast and accurate translations can make a real difference. DeepL’s AI translations help teams share critical information quickly, without losing the quality and care people rely on.
• Reaching more people across more languages: A core part of CLEAR Global’s mission is to serve the “four billion” people who speak marginalized languages and often lack access to language technology. By using DeepL’s Language AI, they can expand their work across more language pairs, helping bridge the digital language divide and ensuring more people can access the information they need to stay safe and be heard.