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My Father Called the House Fire Freedom. She Built the World's Largest Translation Charity.
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- Localization Fireside Chat
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- Apr 1, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2708
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Summary
Lori Thicke is a Canadian author, founder of Lexcelera and Translators Without Borders, and the author of Dreamer's Daughter (Simon and Schuster, April 7 2026). In this conversation she shares the story of growing up in a mining town in Northern Ontario after her mother left, a cross-country road trip in a Volkswagen van with her father Dacker and brother Brad, and how losing everything taught her that freedom and loss can be the same thing. She also talks about founding the world's largest translation charity, machine translation, AI, and finally writing the book she was always meant to write.