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Translation Bureau

The Translation Bureau is a federal institution within the Public Services and Procurement Canada portfolio. It supports the Government of Canada in its efforts to serve you and communicate with you in both official languages, Indigenous languages, foreign languages as well as sign languages.

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Personal Information and Privacy Glossary

[2023-11-14]—This new glossary contains English and French terms for over 300 concepts about the protection of personal information and the field of privacy protection in Canada.

Interpretation at the Translation Bureau

[2023-09-21]—Learn about the linguistic services and tools the Translation Bureau offers to employees of the federal public service, Parliament and Senate and how to obtain them.

Services and information

Translation Bureau's language services and tools (available on Government of Canada network only)

Learn about the linguistic and tools services the Translation Bureau offers to employees of the federal public service, Parliament and Senate and how to obtain them.

Using new language technologies and machine translation

Read about the Translation’s Bureau’s approach to and advice on new language technologies and machine translation.

TERMIUM Plus®

Find the right word using the Government of Canada’s terminology and linguistic data bank, which contains millions of terms in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Resources of the Language Portal of Canada

Free writing tools, games, blog posts and Canadian linguistic resources to help you improve your English and French.

GClingua

Learn all about the Translation Bureau’s new linguistic services request management solution, accessible to Translation Bureau clients and linguistic service suppliers.

Register for a developmental language training workshop

Register for various language development training workshops for translators, revisers, writers, communications professionals and administrative staff in or outside the federal public service.

Language succession at the Translation Bureau

Learn how to join Canada’s language sector workforce by becoming a translator, conference interpreter, sign language interpreter or terminologist. Find out more about job and internship opportunities at the Translation Bureau.

Offering your linguistic services to the Translation Bureau

Learn how to offer your linguistic services to the Translation Bureau as a self-employed individual, freelancer or firm.

Note

If you work for a private company that has a contract with a federal department or agency, you are also entitled to use the Translation Bureau’s services. For more information, contact the Translation Bureau.

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Resources of the Language Portal of Canada

Access a collection of Canadian resources on all aspects of English and French, including games and the Our Languages blog.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Terminology glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and terminology vocabularies.

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