Tarjimly

Translating for Humanity

Y CombinatorWinter 2018ActiveConsumerSocialNonprofit

What they do

Problem

Refugees and immigrants often cannot communicate effectively with doctors, lawyers, and aid organizations due to language barriers.

Solution

Tarjimly provides a platform that connects bilingual volunteers with refugees and immigrants for on-demand translation via chat, phone, and video calls.

Who it's for

Refugees and immigrants use it to get language support when interacting with healthcare providers, legal services, and NGOs.

Founders

Aziz Alghunaim

Founder

Co-founder at Nash. Prior to Nash, I spent a couple of years building Tarjimly (YC W18), a mobile application to connect refugees with real, volunteer translators all over the world. Before that, I was a software engineer at Palantir working on a number of high-volume data problems. I received my Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science in 2015 from MIT. I love mission-driven work that is coupled with great technical execution. I am in the Bay Area, and love meeting new people, so say hello :)

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