Working for the European institutions

Official EU languages are: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish. Candidate countries’ languages (Turkish and Croatian) are also needed.
Staff translators and interpreters are recruited through competitive examinations. External (freelance) translators and interpreters are recruited through calls of tender.
EPSO – European Personnel Selection Office handles the recruitment process for all European institutions. (link to website)

Translating for the European institutions

Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union
Located in Luxembourg, the Translation Centre has over 180 staff members and translated 546 735 pages in 2006.
(link to website)

Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission (DGT)
One of the largest translation services in the world, located in Brussels and Luxembourg. The DGT employs about 1750 linguists on a permanent basis.
(link to website)

Council of the European Union – Translation Department of the Council General Secretariat
The Council employs more than 700 staff translators.
(link to website)

European Parliament
The European Parliament employs almost 700 staff translators.
More information on the following websites: Multilingualism and The profession of translator in the European Parliament

Shared translation service between the Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance and the Civil Service Tribunal
The translation service employs staff lawyer-linguists and freelance translators.
(link to website)

European Court of Auditors – Translation Directorate
(link to website)

Interpreting for the European institutions

Information on interpreter recruitment for the European institutions can be found on the website Interpreting for Europe. (link to website).

The Directorate General for Interpretation (European Commission) employs 500 staff interpreters and 2700 accredited freelance interpreters. (link to website)
It has its own channel on YouTube providing videos with information on interpreting for the European Union: link to the YouTube channel.

Information on careers in interpreting at the European Parliament: link to website.

Information on careers in interpreting at the European Court of Justice : link to website.

United Nations

Official languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese
The UN currently has translation units in New York, Geneva, Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Beirut, Nairobi, Santiago de Chile and Vienna.

Information on the Language Services at the United Nations Office at Geneva: translators and interpreters.

Translators and interpreters and recruited through competitive examinations (link to website)

2009 Examinations for language positions:

2009 Competitive Examination for French Translators
2009 Competitive Examination for Russian-language Interpreters (June)
2009 Competitive Examination for Russian-language Proofreaders (June)
2009 Competitive Examination for Spanish-language Interpreters
2009 (formerly 2008) Competitive Examination for English-Language Editors and Translators/Précis-Writers
2009 Competitive Examination for Spanish-language Translators (September)
2009 Competitive Examination for Arabic-language Interpreters (October)
2009 Competitive Examination for Arabic-language Translators (October)
2009 Competitive Examination for Arabic-language Proofreaders (October)

UNESCO

Official languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic
UNESCO employs permanent translators and interpreters as well as freelance translators (currently no vacancies).
(link to website)

International Monetary Fund

The IMP employs permanent translators and interpreters as well as freelance translators and interpreters.
The main languages translated are English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. At the headquarters in Washington D.C., interpretation is provided in English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
(link to website)

NATO

Working languages are French and English.
NATO employs permanent translators and interpreters as well as freelance translators and interpreters.
(link to website)

Council of Europe

The Council of Europe is located in Strasbourg and employs staff translators and interpreters recruited through competitive examinations.
Working languages are English and French, and other European languages to a lesser extent.
(link to website)

World Meteorological Organization

Official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
Linguistic services and publications employ some 40 staff members as well as freelance translators.
(link to website)

Secretariat of the Pacific Community

Official languages: French and English
Employs translators and interpreters.
(link to website)

International Telecommunication Union

Located in Geneva, Switzerland
Official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Employs translators and interpreters
(link to website)

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