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.
Did you know that the Translation Bureau is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2024?
August 1, 1934, marked the beginning of the great adventure of the Translation Bureau, which was called the Bureau for Translations until the early 1980s. Translation, interpretation and terminology services have come a long way since!
With the initial mandate of addressing the need for equity between Anglophones and Francophones in terms of access to information, the Translation Bureau has played a crucial role in a variety of events, such as political debates, the Olympic Games, the G7 and G20 summits, media briefings during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pope’s visit in 2022 and a host of other occasions when the language professions have been called upon.
Language experts by your side for over 90 years!
Most requested
- Language Navigator
- Official Languages Hub
- Terminology glossaries and vocabularies
- The Our Languages blog
- Translation Bureau course directory and calendar
- Submit a translation request online (available on Government of Canada network only)
- Video: Presentation on the guidelines and resources for inclusive writing
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
List and calendar of developmental language workshops offered by the Translation Bureau
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
About the Translation Bureau
Minister
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos
Minister of Public Services and Procurement
Chief Executive Officer
Jean-François Lymburner
Chief Executive Officer of Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Translation Bureau
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