One of the special projects on this blog is something called the Stem Cell Outreach Program for Education (SCOPE).
My goal with SCOPE has been to provide a basic page of facts about stem cells in as many languages as possible with the motto of “Stem cells not lost in translation!”
It has been a big hit and as the number of languages has grown, the number of page views of my white paper “What are stem cells?” in languages besides English has skyrocketed.
For example, as of July 2017 here are some page view stats on top foreign language pages for SCOPE:
- Spanish 474,000
- Arabic 137,000
- Thai 130,000
Here are the languages available. Check it out.
- Arabic. ماهي الخلايا الجذعية؟
- Catalan Què són les cèl·lules mare?
- Chinese. 什麼是幹細胞？
- Dutch. Wat is een stamcel?
- English. What are stem cells?
- Farsi. سلولهای بنیادی چه هستند؟
- French. Qu’appelle-t-on cellules souches?
- German. Was sind Stammzellen?
- Greek Τι είναι τα βλαστοκύτταρα
- Hebrew. מהם תאי גזע?
- Hungarian. Mit nevezünk őssejtnek?
- Hindi. स्टेम सेल क्या हैं?
- Indonesian Apakah itu stem cell (sel punca)?
- Italian. Cosa sono le cellule staminali?
- Irish (Gaelic) Cad iad gaschealla?
- Japanese. 幹細胞ってなに？
- Korean 줄기세포란 무엇인가?
- Mongolian. Үүдэл эс гэж юу вэ?
- Polish. Co to są komórki macierzyste?
- Portuguese. O que são células tronco?
- Romanian. Ce sunt celulele stem?
- Russian. Что такое стволовые клетки?
- Serbian. Шта су матичне ћелије?
- Spanish. ¿Qué son las células madre?
- Swahili. Seli shina ni nini?
- Swedish. Vad är stamceller?
- Tagalog Ano ba ang mga stem cells?
- Tamil ஸ்டெம் ஸெல்கள் (குருத்தணுக்கள்) என்றால் என்ன?
- Thai สเต็มเซลล์คืออะไร
- Turkish. Kök hücre nedir?
- Ukrainian. Що таке стовбурові клітини?
- Vietnamese. Tế bào gốc là gì?
A big thank you goes to our volunteer translators!
If you can help with an additional translation in another language not already listed please email me at: knoepfler@ucdavis.edu
It’s a great thing to put on your CV for outreach and education, areas that many funding agencies including for fellowships are now looking for when evaluating applicants!