Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Meet Babeth Cartwright, our Head of Translation at World History Encyclopedia. Learn all about how we make our online encyclopedia truly global by translating it into over 40 languages. Babeth manages a team of hundreds of volunteer translators and editors from all around the world. In this interview, she shares with us how it's done and why it matters.

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— CHAPTERS —
0:00​ Introduction
0:07 Who are you?
0:30 Where are you from?
0:57 What do you do as the head of the translation department?
1:37 How do you review translations?
2:31 What are the most popular languages on WHE?
3:12 How come Turkish translations are so popular on WHE?
3:57 How did you get into translation?
5:07 How many translations are on WHE?
6:02 The impact of translated texts
7:48 How did you find WHE?
9:34 Why is it important to learn about history?
11:00 What's the next step for WHE and translations?
12:12 What does it take to become a translator for WHE?
14:20 A message to our French viewers
15:02 Outro

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