"100 Language Challenge for Interdependence" Launching as a Healing Antidote to 9/11

Top Quote New film, "A Declaration of Interdependence," will be transformed into a multi-cultural celebration of interdependence, as volunteers from around the world translate it into 100 different languages. End Quote
  • New York, NY (1888PressRelease) September 13, 2011 - Webby Awards Founder and award-winning filmmaker Tiffany Shlain's new, globally crowd-sourced film, "A Declaration of Interdependence," featuring music by Moby and translations enabled by dotSUB, will be transformed into a multi-cultural celebration of interdependence in action, as volunteers from around the world translate the 4-minute film into 100 different languages.

    The "100 Language Challenge for Interdependence," brought to you by dotSUB, Moxie Institute and the film Connected, will launch after the premier of "A Declaration of Interdependence" film at the Interdependence Day Celebrations at 3-Legged Dog Art & Technology Center near Ground Zero in New York City on September 12, 2011, 5:30-7pm EDT.

    The "100 Language Challenge for Interdependence" will accept translations of the English captions now available in the "A Declaration of Interdependence" film by any qualified volunteer on dotSUB.com starting immediately after the film's debut on the 12th at: www.dotsub.com/id11.

    dotSUB's translation process is fun, easy & rewarding for fluent multi-lingual volunteers. Translators will be credited with their name on the websites of the Interdependence Day partner organizations including dotSUB, Moxie Institute and Connected - the film, the Interdependence Movement, WE Campaign, Youth Now and other interdependent global organizations.

    dotSUB's patent-pending technology enables closed captions and translated subtitles to be generated - by professional translators or crowd-sourced with employees, established groups or fans - for any online video in any language across Internet and mobile screens around the world.

    dotSUB's Enterprise customers include AARP, Adobe, A & E Networks, Bank of America, Coldwell-Banker, Deloitte, Electronic Arts, GE, Johnson & Johnson, Medco, Nike Foundation, Port Authority of NY / NJ, Sotheby's, Symantec, U.S. Army, WETA (PBS), the World Bank, and many others.

    Contact: Peter Crosby; peter ( @ ) dotsub dot com; 650-533-3313

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