20. The Blind Spot

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Translators Without Border work with enhancing the humanitarian sectors capacity to operate in the languages spoken by crisis affected populations.In this episode Ellie Kemp (twitter handle @EllKemp) from and Lars Peter Nissen explore the way in which the power of language fundamentally shapes humanitarian action.You can learn more about TWBs work on their website translatorswithoutborders.org.

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