Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CDT)

Set up in 1994, the Translation Centre now delivers an average of 750 000 pages a year to over 60 clients across Europe. It has grown steadily, hand in hand with an increasing number of official EU languages and highly specialised clients. Over the years, the Translation Centre has gained considerable experience in meeting the growing needs of its clients, be these related to file formats, deadlines, fields of client expertise or the many language combinations required (approx 750).

The Translation Centre’s clients are spread throughout Europe and specialised in fields such as education, employment, culture, transport, research and innovation, social affairs, environment, energy, chemistry, property rights, law, budget and finance, foreign and security policy, police and judicial cooperation, public health and consumer protection. It provides language services in the 24 official languages of the EU and in non-EU languages on demand. Specifically, the Centre offers the following services: