SCOPE 2017: learn about stem cells in your own language

I’ve been working on a stem cells in many languages outreach program I call the Knoepfler Lab Stem Cell Outreach Program for Education (SCOPE).

The idea behind SCOPE is to make available on the Internet a basic page of facts about stem cells in as many languages as possible.

Our motto could be articulated as “Stem cells not lost in translation!”

Stem cells are a topic that concerns the people of the world, not just certain countries or certain people speaking only in certain languages.

SCOPE 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, our page in Spanish has received about 3,000 views, while the pages in Chinese and Japanese are not far behind. Vietnamese and Polish views are skyrocketing.

We are getting readers from all over the world who appreciate reading about stem cells in their own languages.

We now have the stem cell white paper in the following 32 languages (listed alphabetically with links in each specific language).

• 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 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!