Flyer: Designated Downloader and Translator

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Call for Service

Important new option for Designated Downloaders!

Use your computer skills and language knowledge to help others in Overeaters Anonymous (OA)!

Designated downloaders pass on information from the World Service Office and other OA websites to members who may not have access to a computer. They distribute flyers, event details, announcements, and newly available documents to their fellows in OA

ALSO: Designated Downloaders fluent in other languages can take their service to the next level and translate that same material, creating a much-needed bridge to those who speak languages other than English.

As a Designated Downloader and Translator, you can translate:

  • A Step Ahead News (staging.oa.org/news)
  • Items in the Document Library at staging.oa.org (meeting formats, letters from the Board of Trustees, and guidelines)
  • The Courier
  • The World Service Office News Bulletin
  • Registration forms
  • World Service Business Conference documents
  • The OA Literature Catalog
  • . . . and more!

Become a Designated Downloader and Translator today! Your group needs you!

Literature Titles
Automatically translated literature titles appearing on this page are for reference only and may not exactly match the official titles approved by OA, Inc. and A.A. World Services, Inc.

Translation Permission
All registered OA groups and service bodies have permission to translate and reprint any OA document or text currently on the OA website. Permission includes the right to distribute automatically translated material and the right to correct errors in automatic translations. Translation corrections should be as close as possible to the meaning of the original English text, with nothing added or omitted. Translated materials must include this statement in the language of the translation: This is a translation of OA-approved literature. © Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. All rights reserved.

To translate OA documents with significant graphic design, see Free Licensed Images, Translation, and Graphic Design Platform for Intergroups and Service Boards Registered as Nonprofits/Charities.

To obtain OA-approved literature in your language, contact your service body or see the Digital Files in Translation list and Guidelines for Translation of OA literature.

Volunteer to improve translations on staging.oa.org. Apply here!