As of 2012 it had about 1600 vetted volunteer translators.

All of these are edited by volunteer translators across the world.

It exists in 25 language versions, the translations being provided mainly by volunteer translators.

If so, are letters and notices translated into the home language by the school or by other volunteer translators?

The service is accessed through a request form and a volunteer translator replies via e-mail.

Just last month, the hospital found a volunteer translator, who is in the building or on call Thursday through Saturday.

A volunteer translator would be particularly welcome.

"I have no job now," he said through Vicki Saborio, a volunteer translator.

What's more, including the executives and the volunteer translators, the number of participants of the project has reached to 400.

There was some debate about the quality of volunteer translators but the cost of professionals helped sway the argument.