The Directorate-General for Translation (DGT), located in
Brussels
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and
Luxembourg
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, provides
translations
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transl ...
of written text into and out of the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
's twenty-four
official languages
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. With an annual output of about 1.5 million pages, it is the largest translation service in the world, employing some 1,750 linguists.
DGT maintains own fork of
OmegaT software named DGT-OmegaT.
See also
*
European Commissioner for Budget and Administration
References
External links
ec.europa.eu/info/departments/translation– homepage of the DGT
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...
Language policy of the European Union
Translation organizations
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