Promoting better standards in Translation and Interpretation for Somalis

Somali Translation is a site that aims to promote good standards in translation and interpretation services for Somalis. Like its speakers, Somali language have fallen victim to the civil war in Somalia. While the increase in the number of Somali language newspapers, magazines, newsletters and websites is an encouraging phenomenon, the apparent slow progress of standardising Somali language for use in writing continues to impact the quality, if written Somali used for communicating with Somalis who don't speak language of host communities.

The Somali language was written in 1972: 34 years is not a long time in which a language matures. The use of Somali language for administration and print media and education in Somalia was a giant cultural leap forward. The irony is that Somali language development stalled because of the insufficient attention standardising Somali language. 

Somalitranslation.com welcomes ideas and suggestions about better practices  in interpretation and translation for Somalis  so that linguistic incongruities -- poor spelling, nonconformity to popular terminology, the urge to use archaic words and sound bombastic--can be weeded out gradually.

Key to achieving this goal is our commitment to promote forums that facilitate exchange of information and debates about translating and interpreting for Somalis.