2023 Open Arms Challenge

Hey! We're looking to have our foster resources (mainly our foster handbook) translated into Spanish. I posted on social media hoping for a volunteer, but...nothing. Anyone have any resources on getting that done? I'd also love Chinese as well since we have a good amount of Chinese fosters and I think it would be so helpful for them to be as supported as possible.

Hi Lizzie,

We heard from organizations during the last Open Arms Challenge who reached out to their local college and high school Spanish classes to have help with translating. Not sure if that would work for you, but it is a great remote volunteer opportunity and seemed to be win/win, since the students got to practice real life translating. 

Just wanted to share!

Amber 

Hey! We're looking to have our foster resources (mainly our foster handbook) translated into Spanish. I posted on social media hoping for a volunteer, but...nothing. Anyone have any resources on getting that done? I'd also love Chinese as well since we have a good amount of Chinese fosters and I think it would be so helpful for them to be as supported as possible.

Hey! We're looking to have our foster resources (mainly our foster handbook) translated into Spanish. I posted on social media hoping for a volunteer, but...nothing. Anyone have any resources on getting that done? I'd also love Chinese as well since we have a good amount of Chinese fosters and I think it would be so helpful for them to be as supported as possible.

Hey! We're looking to have our foster resources (mainly our foster handbook) translated into Spanish. I posted on social media hoping for a volunteer, but...nothing. Anyone have any resources on getting that done? I'd also love Chinese as well since we have a good amount of Chinese fosters and I think it would be so helpful for them to be as supported as possible.

Hey! We're looking to have our foster resources (mainly our foster handbook) translated into Spanish. I posted on social media hoping for a volunteer, but...nothing. Anyone have any resources on getting that done? I'd also love Chinese as well since we have a good amount of Chinese fosters and I think it would be so helpful for them to be as supported as possible.

I'd ask your fosters directly if it would be useful for them and if so, do they know of anyone in the community who would like to translate it.  Professional materials that you plan to use for a long time are not really something you want learners practicing on. In general it's better to have a native speaker translating into their native tongue and even then it can be hard work, so offer to pay!  You can look around for online translating services if you don't find anything in your community.

Hey! We're looking to have our foster resources (mainly our foster handbook) translated into Spanish. I posted on social media hoping for a volunteer, but...nothing. Anyone have any resources on getting that done? I'd also love Chinese as well since we have a good amount of Chinese fosters and I think it would be so helpful for them to be as supported as possible.

Hey! We're looking to have our foster resources (mainly our foster handbook) translated into Spanish. I posted on social media hoping for a volunteer, but...nothing. Anyone have any resources on getting that done? I'd also love Chinese as well since we have a good amount of Chinese fosters and I think it would be so helpful for them to be as supported as possible.

Hey! We're looking to have our foster resources (mainly our foster handbook) translated into Spanish. I posted on social media hoping for a volunteer, but...nothing. Anyone have any resources on getting that done? I'd also love Chinese as well since we have a good amount of Chinese fosters and I think it would be so helpful for them to be as supported as possible.

We used Google translate to convert out adoption application to Spanish. 

Hey! We're looking to have our foster resources (mainly our foster handbook) translated into Spanish. I posted on social media hoping for a volunteer, but...nothing. Anyone have any resources on getting that done? I'd also love Chinese as well since we have a good amount of Chinese fosters and I think it would be so helpful for them to be as supported as possible.

We put our applications into Spanish and were able to build them in Spanish through Shelter Luv. Since Shelter Luv technically does not support Spanish, it wouldn't allow us to send our automated response when they are accepted. We put the links to our Spanish Language applications for foster or adoption, and here is our work around. We created flyers to send out as our automated response if someone fills out an application when they are approved!

We used Google translate to convert out adoption application to Spanish. 

Hey! We're looking to have our foster resources (mainly our foster handbook) translated into Spanish. I posted on social media hoping for a volunteer, but...nothing. Anyone have any resources on getting that done? I'd also love Chinese as well since we have a good amount of Chinese fosters and I think it would be so helpful for them to be as supported as possible.

Oh wow!! We use ShelterLuv too. I have to
look into this. Thank you!! 

We put our applications into Spanish and were able to build them in Spanish through Shelter Luv. Since Shelter Luv technically does not support Spanish, it wouldn't allow us to send our automated response when they are accepted. We put the links to our Spanish Language applications for foster or adoption, and here is our work around. We created flyers to send out as our automated response if someone fills out an application when they are approved!

We used Google translate to convert out adoption application to Spanish. 

Hey! We're looking to have our foster resources (mainly our foster handbook) translated into Spanish. I posted on social media hoping for a volunteer, but...nothing. Anyone have any resources on getting that done? I'd also love Chinese as well since we have a good amount of Chinese fosters and I think it would be so helpful for them to be as supported as possible.