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. The Translation Bureau’s services are also available for private companies that have a contract with a federal department or agency.

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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

Information on GClingua, the Translation Bureau’s translation services request management platform

Register for a developmental language training workshop

Consult the course directory and calendar for a full list of developmental language training workshops

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

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

Videos

Learn about the various language services the Translation Bureau offers

Interpretation at the Translation Bureau

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