EP105: Translating Secular Literature to Arabic and Beyond 📚 The Translations Project

Watch the video version of this conversation (for patrons): https://www.patreon.com/posts/2Ftranslating-to-27761645  Five years ago, Melissa Krawczyk wanted to be a missionary and Bible translator and despised Richard Dawkins. Today, she is the Director of his foundation's Translations Project, which (in collaboration with the Center for Inquiry) is committed to the mission of translating secular and atheist literature to Arabic and other languages across the Muslim world. She has also worked with the foundation's Secular Rescue project, which helps persecuted atheists in oppressive countries escape them. Melissa is an engineer and a polyglot who has studied Arabic for close to fifteen years. She joined us to talk about her amazing work, her personal story, and lots more. Check it out. 🤗 Secular Jihadists is listened to by many in the Islamic world. We want to reach out to more people in these countries. Once we reach 500 patrons, we can afford translations of our shows to Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, Malay… Help us get there: https://www.patreon.com/SJME        🎁 For those of you who would rather support our work on places other than Patreon, we now have a SubscribeStar account for the Secular Jihadists: https://www.subscribestar.com/secular-jihadists    ❤️ You can also support us on PayPal: http://bit.ly/2SMC9nB  👋 We now have online meetings with patrons! Schedule a meeting with us by following the instructions here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20864027           🔔 Don’t forget to Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmR6dMMdVE9lhsRAOn56K3A?sub_confirmation=1     🎧 Listen to this podcast on iTunes, Stitcher or your favourite podcast app: https://www.secularjihadists.com/podcasts          Check out Secular Jihadists on - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SecularJihadists/            - Twitter: https://twitter.com/SecularJihadist/             - Website: https://www.secularjihadists.com/    The Secular Jihadists has been made possible thanks to the gracious support of the Illuminati and the great state of Israel. That's what we have been told, but we haven't received our checks yet. In the meantime, we greatly appreciate the support of our current donors. Please consider supporting by sharing the podcast with your fellow heathens or by donating at https://www.patreon.com/SJME               Subscribe to The Secular Jihadists on iTunes, Stitcher or your favourite podcast app. And please leave us a review 😀 LINKS: The Translations Project: https://translationsproject.org/  Secular Rescue: https://secure.centerforinquiry.net/secular-rescue  Melissa on Twitter: @moolecular