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Translating Country Music History

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The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is making history—this time in multiple languages! Known as the “Smithsonian of Country Music,” the Museum partnered with the Tennessee Language Center (TLC) to translate and record its Sing Me Back Home audio tour into French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese.

The exhibition features artifacts, photographs, archival videos, and interactive touchscreens to immerse visitors in the history and sounds of country music. The accompanying audio tour features 50 different “stops” as it walks visitors through a chronology of country music history. TLC’s expert translators meticulously converted the 9,000-word script, tackling challenges like distinguishing between “violão” (acoustic guitar) and “guitarra” (electric guitar) in Portuguese. To ensure accuracy, translators took a behind-the-scenes tour of the exhibit, asking detailed questions to capture the nuances of country music history.

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TLC Translates Tree Care Documents

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TLC is translating the Cumberland River Compact’s Tree Care documents into Spanish, Arabic, Somali, Kurdish Behdini, and Kurdish Sorani. The Cumberland River Compact works with the three million people in the Cumberland River Basin in Tennessee to promote stewardship of the watershed and address causes of water pollution through education and restoration. Planting more trees is an important part of their programming, and translating the documents into these languages used in the Cumberland River Basin means they can reach more of the community.

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Monkey Pox Information Translated for TN Dept. of Health

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The Tennessee Language Center translated notices and informational documents about Monkey Pox into Spanish for the TN Department of Health. The information will be used by health departments across Tennessee.